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- Space exploration advocates have called for lunar property rights since the days of the moon landings. However, the Outer Space Treaty prohibits nations from claiming territorial rights on the moon, which is widely seen as precluding them from awarding property rights to lunar resources.
- "The time has come to get serious about lunar property rights," said Bigelow, speaking at a briefing with NASA manned spaceflight chief William Gerstenmaier.
While I personally don't see a "rush" anytime soon, I think the initial missions and groundwork are something that will be coming pretty soon for an ongoing presence on the moon. This will be an interesting international legal issue.