On 4 September 2014, Raymond Benjamin, Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) wrote to Commander Chris Hadfield, former Commander of the International Space Station, inviting him to get involved in a joint United Nations/lCAO initiative designed to plan and promote the safe and efficient development of commercial space flight. The Secretary General in his letter advised Commander Hadfield that in this context, ICAO will host a groundbreaking UN/ICAO Commercial Aerospace Symposium from 18 to 20 March 2015 at its world Headquarters in Montreal, stating further that the Symposium will focus on the technological, political, economic and social aspects of commercial space development that are fundamental to safe and efficient commercial space flight. Typically, and not surprisingly, there was no mention of the most fundamental consideration—legal aspects of commercial space transportation—which would be the cornerstone of any discussion pertaining to commercial space flight. One of ICAO’s key functions is in the legal sphere of aviation both in treaty making and in acting as advisor on matters of air law to its member States. Yet, it has shown a feckless insouciance in delivering in this area, and its ineptitude has led to recent legal instruments adopted under ICAO’s auspices and guidance—such as the 2010 Beijing Convention and the 2014 Protocol to the Tokyo Convention of 1963— being fundamentally flawed. It also begs the question as to how ICAO could address inter alia political and social issues related to commercial space transport without inquiring into the legal possibilities of the Organization’s involvement.