Is anyone aware of any legal research or disagreement around who 'owns' the moon rocks that NASA brought back? I notice that no one ever disputes the US's right to own those rocks and to transfer ownership to someone else.
-MM On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 17:42, Henry Spencer wrote: > On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Alex Fraser wrote: > > The oceans beyond national limits are a commons > > and people have worked this out legally for years. > > Careful here: ocean-floor mining is a trouble spot, afflicted by many of > the same legal problems that could trouble commercial exploitation of > space resources, and hence not much pursued. That's not a good ideal to > aim for. > > > ...do you need property to make a profit? > > You can't sell something you don't own. _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
