Participation and representation of humanity in space is an issue of human access to and presence in space ever since the beginning of spaceflight. Even though some rights of non-spacefaring countries to partake in spaceflight have been secured through international space law, declaring space the "province of all mankind", understanding spaceflight as its resource, sharing of outer space for all humanity has been criticized as still imperialist and lacking. For example arguments for space as a solution to global problems like pollution and related narratives of survival have been identified as imperialist.