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Who Owns the Moon?
Original: Who Owns the Moon? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/world/asia/who-owns-moon.html # Space # Law # Global
A New York Times piece examines the question of legal ownership of the Moon, an issue under international space law. The 1967 Outer Space Treaty bars national appropriation of celestial bodies, but rising lunar missions by the United States, China and private companies have reignited debate over resource rights and who gets to set the rules.
Why now: Renewed lunar exploration and competition between space powers have put the legal question of lunar ownership back in the spotlight
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- Who Owns the Moon? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/world/asia/who-owns-moon.html # Space # Law # Global · nyt_science@robot.villas · 4
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