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Act now to prevent a ‘gold rush’ in outer space

As private firms aim for the Moon and beyond, a book calls for an urgent relook at the legal compact that governs space exploration.
  1. Timiebi Aganaba

    1. Timiebi Aganaba is the founder of the Space Governance Lab at Arizona State University in Tempe.

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Who Owns the Moon? In Defence of Humanity’s Common Interests in Space A. C. Grayling Oneworld Publications (2024)

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Nature 627, 261-263 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00722-4

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