Re: Can I conquer a planet or moon and keep it ? ? ?

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From: John Schilling
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 05:41

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mallet_riveter@yahoo.co.in (Hans-Marc Olsen) writes:

>I want to conquer Ganymede or Io and install a belt of defence
>satellites to shoot all intruders.

>Is that legal or does space belong to the USA?

Space does not belong to the USA.  It would violate no laws
or treaties if you were to do this on your own account, not
associated with any Eartly nation.  It would also violate no
laws or treaties for anyone offended by such a course of
action to go and kill you out of spite, boredom, or whatever.

And I think a nation could legally join *that* endeavour, so
long as they did not use nuclear weapons.  I think the odds
are against you on this one.

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