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A comment on Journey to Mars: Pioneering Next Steps in Space Exploration [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Journey to Mars: Pioneering Next Steps in Space Explorati... by chc on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:56PM (#10362060)
According to the Outer Space Treaty, Mars and other celestial bodies are "the province of all mankind." Nobody can own or control them. However, if (for example) the US mines some Martian gold for its own use, I believe the US would be the proper owner of that specific gold, though it still wouldn't be able to claim any exclusive mineral rights to Mars.
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Re:Journey to Mars: Pioneering Next Steps in Space Explorati... by ilurk on Friday October 09, 2015 @02:09PM (#10362157)
History has shown that treaties are broken by parties whose interests are disserviced by them.

They are there to maintain the status quo.

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