clearly reflect this acceleration and the final amended consensus language. UNISPACE 1982 made a great contribution to DBS and the future of outer space for all. DBS AND ECOSPACE ECOSPACE is an acronym for the economics of outer space. The word ECOSPACE was first used in 1975 at The American Bar Association’s Presidential Function in Montreal, Canada, and widely accepted and understood in several languages by the United States, the Soviet Union and other specialists there in formal and many informal meetings. Noting the previously mentioned above acceleration of the future of DBS and its great value to lesser-developed countries, a clear trend has begun to evolve. Cost factors of rapidly advancing DBS technology promotes regional cooperation between lesser-developed countries. The ECOSPACE of DBS now, and particularly for the future, is dictating this regionalism trend. It is also breaking down language barriers. However, DBS technology and economic necessity pushing expanded regionalism does not necessarily promote world freedom of information, as regional reception can be most easily converted to a control of the local dissemination of information for a regional country group. It is submitted that the ultimate solution to the basic DBS problem of freedom of information to and for all mankind vs country or regional control of information from DBS will be dictated by ECOSPACE, rather than by a presently ill-timed treaty or multilateral agreement. The United Nations unsuccessful proposal for a DBS treaty to conform to “international law and to the Charter of the United Nations” does not really solve any problems. Article III of The 1976 Outer Space Principles Treaty (3) now contains such provisions and is in force and the DBS legal problems still remain. ECOSPACE demands, combined with the progress of DBS technology with its constantly changing and increasingly demanding costs, will promote regionalism. This, by the year 2000, may well expand into conti- nentalism, and ultimately expand into true world DBS internationalism. Why? Consider the six basic underlying DBS ECOSPACE principles. These are as follow: Number 1: Outer Space peculiarly requires very long-range policy planning. A minimum 5-year program is essential in Outer Space planning. Otherwise, a tremendous waste of money and time for all countries is the result. Planning is tied to costs, clearly ECOSPACE. Number 2: Outer Space is inherently international in nature. International cooperation saves costs, clearly ECOSPACE. Number 3: Outer Space holds an important solution to the global resources conflict. Less costly resources are clearly ECOSPACE. Number 4: Outer Space is the key factor for world peace, world information, world trade, every nation’s economic development and every nation’s national security. The cost of Outer Space national security is clearly ECOSPACE. Number 5: The greater the number of nations participating in each Outer Space DBS project, the greater the assurance of nonthreat to any nation’s national security; and the greater its national popular support and thus the greater its contribution to world peace. Cooperation reduces national security threats and is clearly ECOSPACE. Number 6: Outer Space is so big and so vast in economic cost and expense, so rich in rewards, that it has a scope the same as the word “infinity” has to a scientist (4). ECOSPACE is a DBS key which will show a DBS policy and legal pathway by 1988, all of which is proven in today’s actual budgeted and planned telecommunication expenditures of various nations. For example, the world importance of ECO-
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