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Is it any more crazy than thinking that some corporation, country, or individual has a right to do something on the moon?

• moffkalast 3y ago
  The moon is well outside anything one might define as anyone's jurisdiction, nobody has any rights or responsibilities there and disputes are resolved with who gets there first and has a big enough stick to keep others away. That's the reality.
  • redwall_hp 3y ago
    Nations can, and do, punish people for crimes they commit elsewhere on the planet. Nobody can get away with staking land out on the moon and declaring sovereignty, because it's impossible to exist on the moon without a massive support apparatus on earth enabling it. It's easy enough to throw those people in a cell. And either nations take care of the offenders and form treaties, or it leads to war at the worst.
  • MichaelZuo 3y ago
    The moon is under the jurisdiction of the UN in writing, or at least the supermajority of member states claim so.
    • moffkalast 3y ago
      De jure so is Antarctica, but nobody seems to give a fuck in practice.
• AlgorithmicTime 3y ago
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