WASHINGTON -- The soft-landing by NEAR Shoemaker on
asteroid 433 Eros has caught the attention of a group
claiming they own the giant space rock.
Orbital Development of San Diego, California said they
welcome NASA’s NEAR spacecraft to Eros, but also want to
inform NASA that the group has owned the property since
March 3 of last year.
"It’s the wild frontier up there," says Gregory Nemitz,
founder of Orbital Development. "Since there are no laws
governing private property claims in outer space, the first
claimant gets ownership of it," he said in a statement.
http://space.com/missionlaunches/missions/near_claim_010214.html
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