The Recognition of Basic Non-Astronauts Needs During Commercial Space Flights

The presented study connects international space and intellectual property laws aiming to support space tourism industry in the challenges of commercial spaceflight. The article seeks to recognize and address the basic needs of non-astronauts by calling for a legal framework to protect the basic needs of space tourists by recognizing them. The authors, applying the methodology of Maslow's pyramid and the UN’ circle of sustainable development, propose firstly to determine the basic needs by isolating auxiliary elements, namely: (1) the origin of needs, (2) the client, (3) the basic needs of a person in space, (4) ) sides of "touch" and (5) the territory of weightlessness. Based on the results of the research, the authors concluded that a sustainable cycle of exchange and interaction of these elements not only depends on the triad of basic human needs in space itself but also forms an effective legal turnover between (a) international law, (b) intellectual property law and (c) space tourism, which is necessary for the stability and consolidation of needs with subsequent settlement accordingly. At the same time, the main needs of non-astronauts, according to the authors, should be recognized not only from a legal point of view but also through the development of innovations designed specifically for certain needs of space tourists. This position is affirmed by the results of the social experiment, which, in addition, demonstrate not only the importance of the developed key elements but also prove the need to pay attention to innovations for quality service of the basic needs of space tourists and their satisfaction accordingly.

outer of space, space tourism, fundamental human needs, Maslow's pyramid, sustainable development of the UN