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What will be the legal ramifications? Will we have wars over territory on the Moon?
by classified 3y ago
What will be the legal ramifications? Will we have wars over territory on the Moon?
- w8vY7ER 3y agoBefore I read this comment I would have said there was no way to make the topic of a moon landing boring.
- bluGill 3y agoNot anytime soon. The moons is still expensive to get to, unlikely to even become self sustaining (and thus expensive to support long term), and AFAIK doesn't have any resources we cannot get cheaper on earth. There will likely be constant attempts to go to the moon because it is close, interesting to science, and a good practice for missions to elsewhere - but there is enough space that anyone who cares to go will just go someplace nobody else is. Mars might - strong might - be able to become self sustaining. If that is the case I would expect to see wars eventually as it becomes settled. There will of course be the usual crime. This might rise to the level of "cowboy shootouts" but still the police will come in quick and take care of it.
- JonChesterfield 3y agoWater is one resource of interest. In particular every kilo of it we can find on the moon is a kilo we don't have to drag out of earth's gravity well.