Who owns Mars?

Who owns Mars? To date, more than 500 people from around the world have flown into space, sojourned in orbit, all the way to the International Space Station and even landed on the far side of the moon, but they have never made much of the alien landscape. Now that humans are setting their sights on Mars and trying to establish colonies and habitats, it makes us wonder if we have the right to do so. That's been revealed. Now to answer some more specific questions: Who owns Mars? Are you the devil? Have you always been curious? So why not pay attention to more clips like this? Then sound the alarm and find out more! And the obvious answer is: Martians own Mars!

One difficulty, however, is that since we haven't proven martians in any form, if microscopic life is ever found on the Red Planet, it might be unethical for humans to go to Mars and interfere with the ecosystem, in terms of space ethics. But whether or not extraterrestrial life exists, it's a tricky question. Like, you might not think of the earth as human property. To an objective observer, Mars has many forms of life far beyond our own... It seems strange that we "own" our planet, let alone Mars, which is still uninhabited. But as soon as humans first set their sights on space travel, the authorities rolled out the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which stipulated whether or not humans should build in space. Officially, it has no exact title, namely, "Treaty governing the Exploration of other Celestial Bodies such as the Moon". It was formulated by the Governments of the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom and, since its promulgation, has 109 Parties and 23 signatories. In short, this lengthy piece of legislation lays down important rules against detonating, testing or placing nuclear weapons anywhere outside the Earth's atmosphere. But what we're most interested in is that it dictates that space is the common possession of mankind and must be used for the benefit of all mankind. This means that no country is now legally allowed to claim sovereignty over any part of space. Space either belongs to no one, or it belongs to all equally. However, a country can claim ownership of any resource it collects in space. For example, if someone wanted to set up a mining facility on the moon and capture polar ice, they could own the collected water, but not the land they were mining. Also, if a country launches something into space, they still have ownership of the item. So even if satellites, space probes, space shuttles, etc. are launched into orbit and beyond, they don't automatically become the common property of everyone; Curiosity, for example, has always belonged to NASA and the United States. All of this means that even if a country someday built and colonized an entire city on Mars, unless the law was changed, they could own whatever they built on the land, but still wouldn't have the right to own the land. The same rule applies to international waters. You can build and own a rig on the high seas, but you can't own the water where the rig is located. But despite clear laws detailing the outer space sector, outer space real estate is still a booming investment project. There are plenty of companies selling land leases on the moon, Mars and even Venus, say, the size of an acre. While the truth is that most people who buy space Contracts don't actually intend to build a house on the moon -- but usually as a fun gift -- it's debatable whether the space Contract is a hoax. The companies argue that they are merely exploiting a loophole, because although the Outer Space Treaty (which states that no country can own land in space) does not explicitly bar private companies from...... But even then, claims on Mars or any other outer space land would not be recognised by any existing space authority, and it is widely believed that they would not be allowed in court. But the issue of large-scale private ownership of land in outer space could one day be explained in court. Big companies like SpaceX, Boeing, Virgin Group and Blue Origin have their sights set on competing for distant celestial bodies. In 2016, Moon Express became the first private company to receive U.S. government approval to go to the moon as part of their bid for the Google Lunar X Grand Prix. The Moon Express project ultimately fell short of its goal, but the project has set a precedent for companies to communicate with governments and reset the rules of space in the future. Perhaps a company like Blue Origin will one day be strong enough to change the laws governing space, which are still Jeff Bezos's treaty with at least 109 countries in outer space, and which even Amazon's founders truncated. The prospect of letting private companies run free in the universe may not be welcomed by everyone. Most people believe that space should be continuously and carefully explored and used with the best interests of all human beings at heart. But not everyone agrees. Alan Wasser, president of the Space Settlement Institute, said allowing private companies to enter the space station would substantially increase growth and could trigger a quicker implementation of advertising for space travel technology. Advocates of private companies have previously proposed a structure similar to Jamestown's. Jamestown was the first permanent British settlement in the United States, where London companies shipped workers from Europe. Anyone who cares about space ethics probably has a groan at the idea. This is not just because of how many people died in Jamestown's formative years, but because these colonists continued to occupy as much land as they could and were ultimately responsible for the native American genocide. On this basis, a similar approach to expansion into the solar system may not be the way forward. This could lead companies to think they have the right proposition for outer space simply in terms of "getting there". If Martian life does exist in any possible form, even microbes and bacteria rather than mature complex organisms, it could be seen as morally wrong to even try to claim the land they occupy. And if it turns out that there really is an intelligent race on Mars, we will certainly have to abandon our plans to go to Mars, or at least re-examine them, in order to prevent an invasion of earth.

However, as long as the situation remains as it is now, there will always be an interest in effectively dividing Mars under the management of governments and private companies in order to reach it. But under current law, this idea should not be translated into action. Space has been used by all for decades, and no one can claim to own it: it should only be used for the benefit of humanity as a whole, not for exploitation or private gain.