watchwatcheswatchest t1_itexfc0 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 3:10 AM

Reply to comment by ReturnOfSeq in Next month, Japanese company iSpace will become the first private company to deliver a lunar lander and commercial payload to the moon's surface. Two more private companies aim to follow them in 2023. Is this the start of a lunar economy? by lughnasadh

There is no generally recognized treaty not to mine the Moon. The Outer Space Treaty says you cant own land on the Moon, but the UN Hague space resources working group has specifically worked on what is and isn’t appropriate for Lunar economic activity.