entuliyana 1992:146). The
             Declaration confirmed that there was free international interest in space
             development and outlined regulations that assigned individual nations with
             responsibility for handling transgressions of international law and for any
             destruction that might result. At this time, international cooperation was
             also recommended for the safeguarding of all astronauts in crisis
             situations (Schwarzenberger & Cheng (2004).
             In 1967 an Outer Space Treaty was ratified by 63 participants in the
             United Nations; however, even prior to the launch of the first Sputnik in
             1957, pundits were discussing whether near-Earth space might be subject to
             a series of zones "subject to differing legal regimes" (Jenks 101).
             According to Nandasiri Jasentuliyana (1992), "The adoption of zones in
             outer space has thus far been rejected, and they are clearly not envisioned
             by the Outer Space Treaty of 1967" (3). In 1967, the provisions of the
             1963 Declaration became a part of the first multinational treaty on outer
             space, the Outer Space Treaty; this treaty became the charter for all space
             flight and the foundation for the four implementing treaties which were to
             follow: 1) the Rescue Agreement, 2) the Liability Convention, 3) the
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