Comments on: Needed: Russian space lawyers http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/11/16/needed-russian-space-lawyers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=needed-russian-space-lawyers Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Michael Mealling http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/11/16/needed-russian-space-lawyers/#comment-6160 Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:03:50 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=721#comment-6160 —- The Institute for Space Law and Policy —-

]]> By: Walter E. Wallis http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/11/16/needed-russian-space-lawyers/#comment-6159 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:32:13 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=721#comment-6159 Send them a property tax bill for a share of the cost of lunar exploration.

]]> By: David Davenport http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/11/16/needed-russian-space-lawyers/#comment-6158 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:06:04 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=721#comment-6158 The article also claims that NASA would void any claims by citing a law dating back to colonial times that “if a person failed to cultivate his land or appear on it for more than 12 years, the plot was to be confiscated.”

Nope, no person on the land, no claim.

]]> By: Ed Minchau http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/11/16/needed-russian-space-lawyers/#comment-6157 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:42:22 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=721#comment-6157 So if t/Space or some other alt.space company manages to land a rover on the moon, and sells control of it to the Lunar Embassy (within the next 12 years), the LE could use that rover to validate the land claims?

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