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Private companies should be able to buy land on The Moon or other planets for tourism, mining or even to sell property, a space policy expert has said.
Rand Simberg said that if governments started to provide property rights then entrepreneurs and billionaires might pile in and invest - and added that the 'time is ripe'.
He has proposed a law that would circumvent the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which states no individual or government can have sovereignty over any body in space
For fuck's sake "Nobody" owns the planets or anything else in space. And seriously, how can you buy anything that doesn't belong to anyone?
Rand Simberg said that if governments started to provide property rights then entrepreneurs and billionaires might pile in and invest - and added that the 'time is ripe'.
He has proposed a law that would circumvent the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which states no individual or government can have sovereignty over any body in space
Billionaires should be allowed to BUY up planets and rip up an out-of-date space treaty, claims expert
A legal loophole might let private companies buy land on The Moon or other planets for tourism, mining or even to sell property, a space policy expert has claimed.
www.dailymail.co.uk
For fuck's sake "Nobody" owns the planets or anything else in space. And seriously, how can you buy anything that doesn't belong to anyone?
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