/ness/ en /ness/2017/12/21/how-do-we-rule-universe <span>How Do We Rule The Universe?</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-12-21T12:38:21-07:00" title="Thursday, December 21, 2017 - 12:38">Thu, 12/21/2017 - 12:38</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ness/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/illustration_from_nasas_kepler_mission_discovers_a_world_orbiting_two_stars._nasa_jpl-caltech_0.jpg?h=21c84051&amp;itok=OwCObs0N" width="1200" height="600" alt="Illustration from NASA's Kepler mission discovers a world orbiting two stars. NASA JPL-Caltech"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/6"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/294" hreflang="en">Law</a> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/292" hreflang="en">Outer Space Treaty</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ness/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/illustration_from_nasas_kepler_mission_discovers_a_world_orbiting_two_stars._nasa_jpl-caltech.jpg?itok=DZgnAxqe" width="1500" height="1198" alt="Illustration from NASA's Kepler mission discovers a world orbiting two stars. NASA JPL-Caltech"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><strong>From BBC The Inquiry: </strong>Governing moon miners, asteroid hunters and space junk sounds pretty tricky, but we better get our act together. This year the majority of space launches included commercial enterprises. Space is no longer just the playground of governments but companies; companies that want to mine the moon for water that they could sell as rocket fuel, companies that want to mine the moon for helium -3 which could be sold and used as energy back on earth and companies that want to mine asteroids for platinum that they could sell for huge profits. But is this legal? The Outer Space Treaty, a set of laws written in the 1960s, says no state can conquer or own the moon or any other celestial body. So if you can’t own the moon, can you sell what you find on it? Perhaps it’s time for a new set of laws. So, how do we rule the universe? <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsyg" rel="nofollow">Watch the video.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 21 Dec 2017 19:38:21 +0000 Anonymous 470 at /ness