China about to land probe on Moon.

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Originally Posted by gtfpv

i vaguely remember some treaty being agreed to that no humans would be able to claim any rights on the moon though . cant remember where i read that .

I recall some treaty signed in the late 60's to that effect, I would say accelerated by the US and/or Russia making sure the other didn't claim the moon as their soil during their space race.

If you work out a way to mine the moon, what you bring back is all yours, though.