Lecture 13: Who Owns the Moon? (Our Moon Course)

Lecture 13 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. In this lecture, I discuss the question: who owns the Moon? I go through the five United Nations Outer Space Treaties and propose that the concept of international waters and how the Antarctic continent is managed may help us ponder how to handle future human exploration of the Moon.

If you'd like to download the PowerPoint slides, please find them here:
https://www.slideshare.net/VirangaPerera2/lecture-13-who-owns-the-moon

For more information about the course, please visit http://www.ourmoon.space

Image links:
https://images.nasa.gov/details-as11-37-5458
https://pixabay.com/photos/gavel-auction-hammer-justice-legal-3576955/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Mees_Flags_of_A_Free_Empire_1910_Cornell_CUL_PJM_1167_01.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Outer_Space_Treaty_parties.svg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ConvenioRescates1968.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Responsabilidadconvenio.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Registroconvenio.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_Treaty_Participation.svg
https://e360.yale.edu/features/a-global-ban-on-fishing-on-the-high-seas-the-time-is-now
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zonmar-en.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea_parties.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antarctica,_territorial_claims.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antarctic_Treaty_parties.svg

Video link:
https://images.nasa.gov/details-GSFC_20090413_Return_to_PIG_m10412

Virginia Law Review article:
http://www.virginialawreview.org/volumes/content/mining-meaning-examination-legality-property-rights-space-resources

Website: http://www.virangaperera.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/virangaperera/

Видео Lecture 13: Who Owns the Moon? (Our Moon Course) канала Viranga Perera