mo4ch:>Who ‘owns’ the Moon 50 years after mankind’s 1st ‘giant leap’ | Mo4ch News

Humans first set foot on the Moon half a century ago, but it remains largely unexplored and uncolonized to this day, and humankind cannot agree on how to do business there. After all, who “owns” the Moon?Fifty years after Neil Armstrong made “one small step” on the surface of the Moon on July 20, 1969, the race to once again reach the Earth’s closest – yet still so distant – celestial body seems to be in full swing.Interest in our planet’s only natural satellite grew for about three years, between 1969 and 1972, then waned as the rest of the Apollo program was canceled.It has recently been reignited, however, as more nations join the new space race – this time as less of a quest for glory or science, and fueled more by the idea of potentially using the Moon’s natural resources.As newcomers share their plans for future lunar exploration, and established spacefaring nations such as the US and Russia plan a return to the Moon, many questions arise.Who ‘owns’ the Moon?Technically, no one …