Gregory's Server@sundogplanets how is it possible that a private company allowed to do this? are there no international bodies responsible for regulating space projects?
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 @athlete4 @sundogplanets For example, no nation is allowed to claim any other celestial object, in whole or in part, as their own. Therefore, as an example, the Moon legally doesn't belong to anybody. However, if someone built and flew their own rockets and went to the Moon, started digging around, and built houses (metaphorically speaking) it's not like the U.S. or anyone else could stop them. |
@athlete4 @sundogplanets Back during the era when the international community was writing the Outer Space Treaty and other laws (the 1960s, that is) there was no concept of individuals building and launching their own rockets. As I understand it (someone here correct me if I'm wrong) the laws on the books pretty much just target nation states, not individuals.
Moreover, it's one thing to have a law; it's another thing entirely to be able to enforce it.