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> The treaty explicitly forbids any government from claiming a celestial resource such as the Moon or a planet, claiming that they are the common heritage of ma
by f_allwein 11y ago
> The treaty explicitly forbids any government from claiming a celestial resource such as the Moon or a planet, claiming that they are the common heritage of mankind.
Interesting that this applies in outer space, but not on Earth...
- bliti 11y agoUntil somebody manages to set up a long term camp on the Moon. It's the nature of humanity.
- enobrev 11y agoI doubt the Moon-Colony Lobby will have much pull with local governments.
- Mikeb85 11y ago> Interesting that this applies in outer space, but not on Earth... To be fair, this also applies to Antarctica. And of course, the rest of the world was already claimed by the time we truly had a 'globalized' world.