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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) by khallow on Saturday June 06 2020, @05:12PM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday June 06 2020, @05:12PM (#1004241) Journal

    The hearings won't be for Trump, they'll be for those that supported and enabled Trump.

    So when you come with a loathsome kangaroo court idea and present it as coming from a opponent of Trump, doing your part to support and enable Trump, how many years in prison do you think you deserve for that? Five? Ten? Just put you against the wall?

    This type of hearings were proposed after the Civil War and if they would have happened we might not have the kind of problems we have in the country today.

    Fortunately, wiser heads prevailed after the US Civil War.

    South Africa has been peaceful and moving in the right direction thanks to the Truth & Reconciliation hearings.

    Taking testimony from people who suffered real harm under apartheid is very different than going on a witch hunt for "enablers".

  • (Score: 2) by ilPapa on Monday June 08 2020, @12:59PM (1 child)

    by ilPapa (2366) on Monday June 08 2020, @12:59PM (#1004806) Journal

    So when you come with a loathsome kangaroo court idea and present it as coming from a opponent of Trump, doing your part to support and enable Trump, how many years in prison do you think you deserve for that? Five? Ten? Just put you against the wall?

    No jail time or execution if there is a sincere apology.

    Fortunately, wiser heads prevailed after the US Civil War.

    If they just would have let Sherman finish the job we might not have had Jim Crow and still be living with the South's racist legacy. And we damn sure wouldn't have statues of Confederate traitors all over the South.

    --
    You are still welcome on my lawn.
    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday June 09 2020, @04:31AM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 09 2020, @04:31AM (#1005087) Journal

      If they just would have let Sherman finish the job we might not have had Jim Crow and still be living with the South's racist legacy. And we damn sure wouldn't have statues of Confederate traitors all over the South.

      With his elite corps of unicorns right? Military defeat doesn't eliminate racism.

      No jail time or execution if there is a sincere apology.

      I think a sincere "fuck you" suffices here.