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Grand ideas of extraterrestrial colonisation are hardly new. In the 1940s, the nascent Space Age set in motion calls for a new wave of colonisation – directed outwards into space. from www.shutterstock.com

December 13, 2021

The Solar System belongs to us all – not just Jeff Bezos

Alan Marshall, Mahidol University

Humanity as a whole owns the Solar System in a shared fashion. It cannot be claimed by one person, or one country, or one company.

Who owns the Moon? Henglein and Steets/Getty Images

May 19, 2020

US seeks to change the rules for mining the Moon

Scott Shackelford, Indiana University

US and international law conflicts about who would be in charge if a private company established a Moon base or colonized Mars.

April 30, 2020

Australia has long valued an outer space shared by all. Mining profits could change this

Jeffrey McGee, University of Tasmania and Bin Li, University of Newcastle

Australia is a member of the 1979 Moon Treaty, which sets rules for resource extraction from outer space. Now that the Trump administration is eyeing moon mining, will Australian companies join in?

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Alan Marshall
Lecturer in Environmental Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University
Jeffrey McGee
Associate Professor, University of Tasmania
Bin Li
Senior lecturer, University of Newcastle
Scott Shackelford
Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University

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