The satellites in orbit overhead herald our entry into a new era, an era which will be as different from the Machine Age as the Machine Age was from die Middle Ages. We have conquered the basic problem of launching vehicles into outer space, but we have not determined a program for controlling space. If the space age is to provide opportunities for mankind greater than merely providing the staging ground for World War III, a legal system must be formulated which will regulate the use of outer space by the earth. Outer space is not covered by international law; yet we cannot afford the luxury of anarchy.