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The Space Asset Protocol

"The Space Asset Protocol forms part of the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, the so-called Cape Town Convention of 2001, and was developed under the auspices of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)..." – By Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd, and Hazma Hameed

Ultra Low Frequency Waves of Earth's Magnetosphere

"The Earth generates a significant magnetic field, the effects of which extend out into space. This field interacts with the solar wind, the stream of charged particles constantly emitted from the Sun that fills the solar system..." – By Tom Elsden

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