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Who Owns Space?

  • July 1, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The 1967 U.N. Outer Space Treaty declared that Earth’s moon and other celestial bodies may be used only for peaceful purposes, and no part of space can be owned by any government, business, or person. That hasn’t stopped some entrepreneurs from selling land on the moon!

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