Yes, you can own land on the Moon.
The main obstacle to owning land on the Moon, or indeed any other celestial body, used to be that there was no legal system of property law, or indeed any law, on the Moon and thus no rights of ownership could be created. No right of ownership can [...]
Here is an interesting quote, from an article on Space.Com about Bigelow’ plans to use an Atlas rocket to service his private space station, from Michael Gold, Corporate Counsel for Bigelow Aerospace:
Gold said that the great irony of space is that the technology has never been the limiting factor. “It’s a matter of politics. It’s [...]
40 Years of The Outer Space Treaty
In January, 1967 the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies(The Outer Space Treaty) was opened for signature. The Outer Space Treaty forms the basis of all international space law. And while is [...]
There is sometimes some confusion as to the exact status of the Sovereign vis-a-vis the Duke of Street vis-a-vis Declan Stanley.
This confusion need not occur. While physically all three are the same person, legally they are three distinct entities.
Firstly we have “Declan Stanley”, a real person, a father, a husband, an author. He was born [...]
There is an interesting historical anomaly regarding the current Sovereign, HRH Declan I. (If a country founded in 2001 can said to be old enough to have a historical anomaly)
While legally The Kingdom of Tycho is a democracy (were a country’s sovereignty is derived from the people who elect a government to govern on their [...]