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posted by martyb on Wednesday June 03 2020, @02:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the Keep-your-hands-off-of-my-stash dept.

Could corporations control territory in space? Under new US rules, it might be possible:

First, the Artemis Accords go beyond simply rejecting the unpopular 1979 Moon Agreement, which declared lunar resources to be the "common heritage of mankind" and committed parties to establish an international regime to oversee space mining. Only 18 countries have signed the treaty.

In its place, the accords envisage a US-centric framework of bilateral agreements in which "partner nations" agree to follow US-drafted rules.

Second, the accords introduce the concept of "safety zones" around lunar operations.

Although territorial claims in space are prohibited under international law, these safety zones would seek to protect commercial and scientific sites from inadvertent collisions and other forms of "harmful interference". What kinds of conduct could count as harmful interference remains to be determined.

Previously:
(2020-06-02) Third European Service Module for Artemis Mission to Land Astronauts on the Moon
(2020-05-16) NASA Wants Partner Nations to Agree to "Artemis Accords" for Lunar Exploration
(2020-03-12) CoronaVirus (SARS-CoV-2) Roundup 2020-03-12
(2018-07-22) Who Owns The Moon? A Space Lawyer Answers
(2018-03-07) China to Recruit Civilian Astronauts, Partner With Russia on Upcoming Missions
(2018-01-09) Russia Assembles Engineering Group for Lunar Activities and the Deep Space Gateway
(2017-10-18) Bigelow and ULA to Put Inflatable Module in Orbit Around the Moon by 2022
(2015-11-26) Who Owns Space? USA's Asteroid-Mining Act is Dangerous and Potentially Illegal

Robert Heinlein explored the notion in a novel. Does the future of space exploration lie with governments or corporations?


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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 03 2020, @03:17PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 03 2020, @03:17PM (#1002748)

    suppose the rule made on earth sayz:"you need to sit on a moon chair, at a moon desk, writting and signing the moon document ON the moon with a moon pen"?

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 03 2020, @03:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 03 2020, @03:54PM (#1002769)

    The Lunar Ink Party... in zero-G.

  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 03 2020, @04:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 03 2020, @04:59PM (#1002819)

    while eating a Moon Pie

  • (Score: 2, Funny) by sonamchauhan on Wednesday June 03 2020, @10:19PM

    by sonamchauhan (6546) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday June 03 2020, @10:19PM (#1002964)

    Remember to stand up and do the moonwalk every hour!

  • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Friday June 05 2020, @07:04PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Friday June 05 2020, @07:04PM (#1003898) Journal

    And signing Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) the whole time.

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    This sig for rent.