who owns the moon?

[DrLeftover]

10 Jan 2014

No one legally owns the moon but there is a case for developing the law as space exploration continues, a planetary science professor says.

Under current UN law, member states are "prohibited from appropriating the moon."

But Ian Crawford, professor of planetary science at Birkbeck College, said there was now a case for developing the treaty to include private companies that may want to exploit it for its minerals.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/10563369/No-one-owns-the-moon-says-scientist.html

 

[~KAGE-008]

I know the first walking on the moon was in 1969. But who REALLY owns it? We'll never know.

 

[LegendHidden]

When they first visited the moon before they left to come back to earth we put our flag on the moon , but I don't think nobody owns the moon ...

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I own the moon and no, you cannot build stuff there or use its minerals! Mine!

 

[Evil Eye]

I'll buy the moon off you for $1WB, Nebulous.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I'll buy the moon off you for $1WB, Nebulous.

Make it $2WB and you got a deal!!

 

[LegendHidden]

I own the moon and no, you cannot build stuff there or use its minerals! Mine!

LOL ..

 

[DrLeftover]

3 Feb 2014

America is preparing to land a robot on the moon for the first time in four decades.

Nasa is looking for private partners to participate in the project that will see a new generation of rovers wandering across the moon’s surface.

The American space agency has set up a programme called Catalyst to exploit commercial opportunities offered by the moon.

It believes that eventually there will be a market for commercial cargo trips to the lunar surface.

"As Nasa pursues an ambitious plan for humans to explore an asteroid and Mars, US industry will create opportunities for Nasa to advance new technologies on the moon," said Greg Williams, Nasa's deputy associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10614953/US-ready-to-return-to-moon.html