Background
He was born in Vienna, Austria.
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Ernst Fasan
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Fasan has published numerous papers on problems of space law, including Metalaw and the scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). In 1970, Fasan published what remains the seminal book on Metalaw, Relations with Alien Intelligences: The Scientific Basis of Metalaw. Fasan was a practicing attorney when in 1958 he helped to establish the Permanent Committee on Space Law of the International Astronautical Federation.
Fasan was elected to the IISL board of directors in 1962 and also subsequently served as an officer of the organization.
In June 2008, as an honorary director, Fasan was among those representing the IISL when it was granted Permanent Observer status before the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).
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Fasan remains active in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence field as a member of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Permanent Study Group of the International Academy of Astronautics.
