[FPSPACE] Sovereignty on the Moon?

[MattWriter at aol.com]

Been there, discussed that. The OST is explicit about no national ownership 
or sovereignty (and that includes corporate or private ownership, since 
people and companies are extensions of their parent nation.)   No one seriously 
wants to reopen the OST. The use of land for a scientific base has always 
been understood as ok.   Resource extraction, beyond the resources needed to 
run the base, is dicey even if you discount the Moon Treaty, which doesn't 
have enough signatories to be legally effective. I understand the economic 
logic of allowing certain classes of ownership, but it's not going to happen.

Matt Bille


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