Will any state claim part of the Moon's surface as its sovereign territory before 2040?
Will any state claim part of the Moon's surface as its sovereign territory before 2040?
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This is not a geopolitics question! :)
It doesn't have to be a large area, but I'm going to make a qualitative distinction between claiming the lunar surface around a lunar base, and claiming the physical space inside the airlocks of said lunar base. The former would qualify, the latter would not.
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