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>> Who gets to own the moon? Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first to the moon and they planted the US flag on it in 1969, so that technically made it
by rufus_foreman 3y ago
>> Who gets to own the moon?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first to the moon and they planted the US flag on it in 1969, so that technically made it US territory. But then when they took off in the lander, the blast blew the flag over. I don't know if that affected the legal status or not.
- cassianoleal 3y ago> they planted the US flag on it in 1969, so that technically made it US territory Can you point me to which international law that backs this?
- marcusverus 3y agoLaws only matter within a state. In the international realm, there is no common judge and no binding law. Nations exist in a state of nature. In other words, ownership of the moon won't be determined by technical legal questions about Armstrong's flag, but rather by a stick-measuring contest among the interested nations.
- nemo44x 3y agoHa, there was a treaty signed in 1967 or thereabout that made the moon property of "mankind" and that every nation has equal access to it. Now, if anything of value is found there I'm guessing this treaty is dropped immediately.
- suprjami 3y agoThe Outer Space Treaty of 1967 states there is no claim to sovereignty. https://www.unoosa.org/res/oosadoc/data/documents/2017/stspace/stspace61rev_2_0_html/V1605998-ENGLISH.pdf https://www.unoosa.org/res/oosadoc/data/documents/2017/stspa...