19- وأُعرب عن رأي مفاده أن جميع مراحل البعثات من الأرض إلى المدار ينبغي أن تخضع كليا لقانون الفضاء.
The view was expressed that although take-off and landing phases were distinguished, except for the purpose of clarifying the regime governing the flight of aerospace objects (in accordance with the principle of freedom and of the peaceful use of outer space as established in the Outer Space Treaty), the two phases did not need to be considered subject to different legal regimes, since the distinction was of a technical nature.