Actually, I do have a further question: for those of you who think that there are no privately owned surface rights on the Moon according to the OST, do you think that this is a good thing?

If not, how would you recommend changing things if you were the Secretary General of the UN?

The converse could be asked of those who believe private property rights are allowed under the OST. That could still be a bad thing; I ran across a Cato Institute essay that with no national sovereignty and private surface rights, potentially more of the lunar surface would be available for exploitation than would be the case if there was national sovereignty because nation states often set aside vast tracks of land as wilderness parks. So if you like wilderness, you still might want to change the situation, even if you think private property is allowed under the OST.

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