Who Owns the Moon?
In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space
- author
- A. C. Grayling
- Narrator
- Kris Dyer
- Length
- 4 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes
- Catalogue #
- 19667
- Categories
- Economics Politics & Current Affairs
- Reviews
- 0 star rating
- Sponsored
- Sir John Eastwood Foundation
Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earths supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise that the worlds superpowers and wealthiest corporations have turned their eyes to the stars.
As this new Space Race begins, A.C. Grayling asks: who, if anyone, owns the moon? Or Mars? Or other bodies in near space? And what do those superpowers and corporations owe to Planet Earth and its inhabitants as a whole?