No, because Article 2 of the Outer Space Treaty states that no country on Earth may claim any celestial body as their own.
Your friend Riley tells you that she just watched a documentary on Netflix that breaks down the Apollo 11 mission in light of new declassified documents. She is convinced that because the United States landed on the moon and planted the flag there, they “own” it. Is she correct?
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Yes, because Clause 3 of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights gives any country the right to decide what they own and what they do not.
Yes, because Clause 3 of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights gives any country the right to decide what they own and what they do not.
No, because Article 2 of the Outer Space Treaty states that no country on Earth may claim any celestial body as their own.
No, because Article 2 of the Outer Space Treaty states that no country on Earth may claim any celestial body as their own.
Yes, because atmospheric science proves that the moon typically sits directly due North of the United States, so space lawyers have determined
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