Experts warn that the planet is continually bombarded with falling space debris. The greatest threat looms over satellites and stations located in low Earth orbit.

With more vehicles, space highways become more dangerous. The 1972 Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects establishes that the party responsible is the State that launches the object or “the one that has essentially participated in its manufacture,” says Víctor Barrio, senior associate at Hogan Lovells. The international community is pushing to approve rigorous standards that track and limit waste waste in space, says Efrén Díaz, head of technology and space law at the Mas y Calvet Law Firm and general secretary of the Spanish Association of Aeronautical and Space Law (AEDAE) The impact of a sphere measuring just over a centimeter could cause the same damage as a car traveling at 50 km/h, says Barrio. Although it is debatable that Spain can uphold the agreement, because it requires physical damage, Barrio defends a more sustainable environment.