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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 # Politics # Space # International
The New York Times examines the question of lunar ownership, asking who holds rights over the Moon as international competition in space continues. The piece, filed under politics and international coverage, comes amid ongoing debate over the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which bars national appropriation of celestial bodies, and newer frameworks such as the Artemis Accords governing lunar resources.
Why now: Growing international competition over lunar missions and resource rights has renewed public interest in the legal question of who owns the Moon.
The New York Timesthe MoonUnited Nations Outer Space TreatyArtemis Accords
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- Who Owns the Moon? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/world/asia/who-owns-moon.html # Politics # Space # International · nyt_politics@robot.villas · 6
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