The flags of two countries hang unfurled — not by any breeze but by metal wiring — over the desolate, eerily still surface of the moon. One is the stars and stripes of the United States; the other, the crimson of China. But if you ask any official from these countries, they will tell you that these flags do not represent a property claim of any kind. They're more like extraterrestrial graffiti.
When the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite, streaked across the sky in October 1957, it opened up a whole new realm of possibilities. Some of those possibilities were scientific, but others were legal. Over the following decade, the international community drafted the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 , the world's first legal document explicitly pertaining to space exploration.
But when it comes to building structures like bases and habitats on lunar soil, Hanlon said, things get murkier."They are a kind of territory by another means, right?" More recently, NASA attempted to fill in some of the space law gaps with the Artemis Accords , an international agreement designed to smooth future exploration. Building on the Outer Space Treaty, the accords lay out a series of non-binding principles governing activity on several celestial bodies, including the moon. Among its provisions is a recognition of certain lunar regions, like Russia's Luna probe landing site and Neil Armstrong's footprints, as protected outer space heritage.
Everyone knows china own the moon. It has been part of the Chinese mainland for thousands of years.
USA & NASA
The badies inside this space station
Earth
'Why do you humans always want to 'own' everything? It creates conflicts and wars.'
'Why do you humans always want to 'own' everything? It creates conflicts and wars.'
RAHHHHHHHHHHHHH🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
In a word nobody
Not trying to brag but, me.
God?
Donald Trump
All mankind...or humankind?...but it will be the next thing to war over I suppose?
🧐
those who can buy it
I own it
Who ever brings the most weapons does
Whoever gets there first. Im guessing it'll be Elon.
the first people to plant the flag there.....DUHHH
It's the greatest military striking or targeting location of earth. Don't think nations wont use it as such. If they're willing to pay the political price... If you're welding your citizens in their apartments to die. That indicates there’ll be no problem with it.
First Nation to put a SAM (Surface to Air) missile site, or more properly, SSM (Surface to Space) missile site there owns it. Though it'd need to be able to resupply the missiles for when nations inevitably start trying to get at them. As long as it can, it's theirs!
the same guy who owns all the planets of the solar federation including earth .. GOD
GOD
Everyone owns the moon
Earth
'Murica yeehaw
Neil Armstrong
Me
The God I guess 😬
According to bedtime stories in south India. An old lady preparing vada (delicious south Indian snack) on the moon owns it.
Nice beach sand there
God
No one owns the moon. It's a shared resource.
Me. I expect rent.
Allah created it
Me
elonmusk 😂
me
I own it...
No one should
I it's all mine stay off the rocks, Heheeeeeeee.
Humanity
If I remember correctly by treaty no one owns the moon.
The only one , US just one thing
God
Dollar General..They're building everywhere you look
As with every other aspiration in history.... whoever gets there first and has the resources and the will to keep it.
The Moon!
God
Whoever gets there FIRST!
THOSE WHO HAVE MONEY 🤑💰
No one it belongs to the entire Earth 🌎
The United States Of America does!
Who planted flags 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
God, He created it
Pretty sure no one owns the Moon and China is struggling to properly de orbit rockets and predictable hit the Earth, human lunar landings will probably be out of reach for them for a good while.
They aren’t human
Posession is 9/10ths of the law
Ah, excuse me, Terran. Are you talking about my backyard?
The US probably thinks they own it.... we need something like a united nation's space council. With SpaceX giving us the opportunity to return to the stars, we need a governing body that isn't one specific nation but a federation of all of them to share important decisions.
No one owns the moon.
Nobody...
If you want to own the moon I'll sell it to you at a really good price.
Nobody. I wonder why anyone would click that link.
Dumb question .... nobody. But saying that, Russia is used to the cold so they can have the dark side
Nobody, but I’m sure the Chinese think otherwise…
me!
We are making a collective effort to establish a base there, not just one country. It belongs to all of humanity as we try to advance our species to the next level.
We need think NO more all about $$$ The Moon is for all. Space ppl out. There
No one can own the moon or planets. Neither government nor private sector. It's free game to colonize and mine whatever resources are available then sale it to potential buyers back on earth
Let’s start Star Wars with China I’m ready for intergalactic warfare!
If you have to ask that - you are part of the problem.
I do. When I get there in 2024 I'm claiming it and shooting down any spaceships that come nearby.
Bowie
I have the deed here in a drawer somewhere. Hang on, I'll dig it out...
God 🙄
Nazis.
I have a deed for an acre Paid in full
God owns the Universe and everything in it, including the moon.
GET OFF MY MOON!
God...
Kraft?
Probably not for sale good question 💪
I do. It's mine. Good luck taking it from me.
Me.
shotgun 'I do!'
The soviets
Who owns the earth type logic
I do... It's all mine and I'm not sharing...
No one person or country should own it. Humanity should go there, and other places in the solar system and explore in peace.
He who wants it most. And he who has the most might. It's anarchy up there.
The Moon itself until humans conquered it.
No one owns the moons; no one owns our home planet. In reality, the planet owns everything that is on this planet.
Enki
A chilean lawyer claimed ownership in 1953; Jenaro Gajardo and Richard Nixon sent him a paper letter asking him permission to land on it in 1969.
Floyd Mayweather with Ye and JayZ just bought it. Respect yo!
Nobody owns the moon or the earth. Unfortunately due to our flawed monetary system only the few billionaire elites who can afford to get to the moon will stake their claim. Money is fake but resources are real. We should protect the moon like the ocean or national parks.
Not important, just more dirt for countries to bomb.
No one should own it, but I believe the USA should have its governorship. We were there first, and we have a responsibility to care for it.
Nobody
I do.
The Solar System, Galaxy, Universe.
fiction and opinion news
ah ....the government of solar system
Isn't there an International pact that nobody can make a claim?
Nobody.
Welcom to the moon!🌑
Shall we give Snoopy？
No one owns the moon.
Space
China
no one as that would break international laws and treaties
The moon is mine🔰
Probably like the Antarctica deal?
The Moomins.
Thats like asking which flea owns the dog.
According to this song I would say a Man from Newfoundland Canada must own it.
Plant Earth does !
What a stupid question (without reading the article)
The Moon is owned by Planet Earth. Earth of course has to pay property taxes every year to The Sun.
Space 🌌
GOD
According to international treaties, everyone on earth does. Practically impossible to enforce and grow a near space industry.
God
In the first place: as a civilization we shouldn't even be separated into countries, we should already be unified and cooperating with each other. Second: planets, satellites and other celestial bodies, etc, should be used for the well of the unified humanity and not for a few.
No one
Me.....I bought it on the internet from a Nigerian Prince 3 years ago for £200 (bargain)
The Mooninites.
Typical. We haven't conquered the moon yet, but the question is coming. Who owns the moon?
Me
No one owns the moon. It's a satellite to a planet on which we depend. But if we claim to own it for our purposes then it belongs to all Humanity quite obviously. For isn't it Humanity which is reaching the Moon with Collective efforts? If not for all then why do it at all?
Nobody has sold the Moon as an NFT yet?
GOD
I do! Wanna buy it?
Jenaro Gajardo Vera since 1954
IN INDIAN CULTURE, MOON IS CHARM... EVERY MAN ADMIRES HIS LOVE AS MOON... SO, MEN IN INDIA SHOULD...
According to 'The Man Who Sold the Moon' it's the tropical countries. Since part of Florida is in the official topics, that includes us
I do
Ownership always goes to the biggest arsenal. But the weapons are just more subtle these days: green belts, red tape, conformity and etiquette. A wireless cyborgs freed of strings are still puppets and not puppeteers. Who owns human society? Mother Nature and Father Time
Easy, planet Earth. She’s had it for billions of years
No one.
I do. Interested in purchasing?
American astronauts with guns yelling, get of our lawn!
America
Territory ownership is a kind of sickness. Let's not take this mental illness into the cosmos.
El que llegue primero de precarista ponga una cerca y diga ésto es mio quien le va a decir lo contrario si nadie a vivido antes ai tiene su poquito de lógica
I remember that story from when someone tried to sell moon rocks from the Apollo mission and the FBI set up a sting at a restaurant. During that story they talked about how no one person can own them because the moon belongs to everyone. I'm sure I could speak more to this but...
elonmusk How much to put a fence up with some signs on moon,mars?
I own the Moon, so before you step on my moon, you better submit for permission
No, not yet anyway. However, IMO, land isn't ours as it will be around when we are not. We merely dwell on it. We should treat it as such.
I once had a deed to a one-inch square of the moon's surface. No kidding, they were in specially marked boxes of cereal. Of course, I don't have it anymore but this post brought back memories of those fun days when I was a child back in the '50s.
Why not? They sold the airspace above a building in NYC so the building behind it could keep its view of the bay for the upper floors.
technically most space fairing countries signed an agreement.. basically no sovereignty up there , crafts and station carry over their sovereignty from the ground. but one could plant a flag and claim it. as per UN 1 year of occupancy unchallenged and its recognised
Buy the moon. Doesn’t that kind of sound like “I got a bridge in Brooklyn you can buy” ?
You'd have to have Our whole species claim it as our new base/outpost with multiple nationalities.
What is one of the countries conduct and experiment on moon and destroy a part of it. Who will fight whom and where?
T terrific
lol. I'll write a check.
Wait until China claims it is an integral part
No and no... 'and precluding any country from claiming sovereignty over outer space or any celestial body' from
Im not sure if they still do it or not,, but there was one company who sold craters, You could name it anything you wanted and or buy it as a gift,, They would update the moon maps every year..
no and yes. if .
Depends on who's already there I suppose :p
The first people to live and work on the moon should have sovereignty over it.
Sure, I'll sell it to you, make an offer.
I do believe it belongs to a man from chile
Only if you can get there and hold territory!
No one should ever have the power to own it. Its belongs to all of us.
I mean you could bring up the Moon Treaty of 1979. Although I don't think that still holds up today. I thought no nations government could lay claim to it, but a random person could. Assuming they could get there to claim it.
I am selling it. Just go to
Everyone will want a piece, not agree on assigned parcels and eventually fight over it. Just human nature, I guess. Sad!
I believe you can lease the moon from the land of China now. Won’t have an option to buy. Pretty much like the way my country sold itself to them. I don’t think we even have a chance to get it back any longer. So. You tell me?
Elon?
You don't sovereignty, you just need to be part of the activities on the Moon, e.g. looking for resources RegistryLunar
Of course not, no one truly owns anything. If someone wants something bad enough they will just take it, as we have seen through world history. We think we “own” property, but we don’t.
If you can take it it’s yours
For just $80 per package, you can become a Moon Lord, or a Moon Lady! LUNAR TITLES! *I should register that shit*
The real question is “What can you do to stop them?” -Flies to the moon and sets up a base. I shall call this nation “Juicia”. Come and get me.
Hell NO!!!
The sun
I own the Moon.
Everyone
Me
Capitalism and the moon, because 'science'. The Oy-Bruvs who bought this site need to slag off into the sun.
🙁 just seeing the question asked is distressing.
Musk
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