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.
moon. 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?