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Select-Duck-3814 t1_j1do1pe wrote

As far as I know, no one is allowed to claim ownership of anything in space, so there’s no way to ask for permission to hit something that someone doesn’t own.

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TareaMizou t1_j1dq7vo wrote

That’s not true, the UN Space Treaty from the 60s states that no country can claim sovereignty on planetary bodies. But Obama signed a law that states that companies can own material they mine on other bodies. In fact, the lander on its way to the moon right now from ispace will gather a small amount of lunar regolith and they have already pre sold that material to NASA to establish precedent

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