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Who Owns the Moon? A Space Lawyer Answers
- Proven 8y ago> Countries such as the United States and Luxembourg (as the gateway to the European Union) agree that the moon and asteroids are “global commons,” which means that each country allows its private entrepreneurs, as long as duly licensed and in compliance with other relevant rules of space law, to go out there and extract what they can, to try and make money with it Statist thugs, all of them. If you accept that you need a state's permission to mine an asteroid, you have slave mentality. Let's say I acquire all necessary equipment and want to create a Lunar base from which I launch asteroid mining expeditions. Later I sell such asteroids for Bitcoin and the exchange takes place on the Moon. Why the hell would I pay a dime in tax to the thugs from the US or any other government?
- Pica_soO 8y agoIts really important who is the first person to touch a celestial object is. Imagine if he exclaimed "I claim this rock for the catholic church." Lucky for USAll - new forming state entitys, tend to lay these first to touch claims aside pretty fast. Speaking- the moment you have a independent moon-city, all this owning is going to be worth a whole lot of nothing. Humanity can be pragmatic that way.
- tartuffe78 8y agoWhoever can one day defend it militarily. History has shown that is the true source of ownership.
- EliRivers 8y agoChina certainly knows this. Right now, their nine dash line is just a line on a chart. In a generation's time, it'll be reality.
- im3w1l 8y agoPersonally I think that "minor" objects like asteroids should be up for grabs. Homestead it, process it into resources, whatever. The moon being very sentimental for mankind, needs to be subject to more regulations of who can do what. There needs to be a lot of thought put into coming up with a solution that the major countries (at least) see as fair.