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FAA Could Extend Property Rights On the Moon Through Regulation
MarkWhittington writes When the Outer Space Treaty which, among other things, forbade claims of national sovereignty on other worlds, was signed and ratified by the United States in 1967, little thought was given to the idea of private property rights. Now, with companies like Moon Express and Bigelow Aerospace contemplating private lunar operations, that question has become a concern. According to Reuters, the FAA may have discovered a way to enforce private property rights on the moon without, it is hoped, violating the Outer Space Treaty. The idea is to extend the FAA's current launch licensing authority to cover commercial activities on the moon. The agency would license, for example, a helium 3 mining facility, giving the company running it control over it and as much adjoining territory as necessary to run the operation. The size of that territory, for which a particular company would hold property and mineral rights, could be considerable.
Well, if the FAA says so, I'm sure the rest of the world will respect it.
When someone says, "Any fool can see
I am persuaded by your friendly and intelligent argument.
Your shining example of the beauty of humanity has convinced me that all people in America are inferior.
Thank you.
Corporations DONT dominate life in the US; wherever you are getting your information is apparently a huge fan of hyperbole.
"The government" has also been responsible for uncountably more suffering even in the last 50 years than any corporation you could call to mind.
It left junk... Kind of like shooting a bullet at it, really. So...if I shoot a bullet into the air and it lands somewhere, I can stake a claim to it? COOOL!
That depends, how many more bullets do you have?
Because the Monolith said so!
"ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA"
I think that's clear enough!
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Our leaders don't even obey the US Constitution, do you think they're going to let an international treaty get in their way?
We really need the mythbusters to tackle the quesion of RPGs in zero gravity.
Sounds like a great way to lose a whole set of expensive polyhedral dice...