Tag: Outer Space Treaty
US seeks to change the rules for mining the Moon
Scott Shackelford, Indiana University
Private industries have helped drop the cost of launching rockets, satellites and other equipment into space to historic lows. That has...
Protecting human heritage on the moon: Don’t let ‘one small step’...
Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi
Why did the hominin cross the plain? We may never know. But anthropologists are pretty sure that a smattering...
Who owns the moon? A space lawyer answers
Frans von der Dunk, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Most likely, this is the best-known picture of a flag ever taken: Buzz Aldrin standing next to the...