Need for international safety regulations for commercial space activities -- Current space regulations and standards -- Existing international civil regulatory frameworks, other activities or environments -- Transition from air law and space law to aerospace law -- Safety issues -- Launch safety -- Suborbital safety -- Orbital safety issues -- Returning vehicles risk -- Savings lives in space missions -- Need for international regulation of STM, space tourism & space debris -- ICAO for near-space safety? -- Proposal for a new regulatory regime