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Allowing a huge land claim on the Moon for any private entity who - without using government money - finances and builds a space transportation system and permanent Lunar base, may be the one concept that ultimately brings space settlement to reality. The incentive of obtaining the land for its asset value would provide a strong motivation for private groups to invest in space settlement / space colonization ventures.
International law does not preclude private land claims in space, but it does specifically bar governments from owning land on the Moon, Mars, and on any other body in space. But private land claims cannot happen yet - first Congress needs to pass land claim recognition legislation that lays out the framework for the claims. Land claim recognition, defended in the four-page downloadable LCR Analysis below, is the mechanism that would allow private entities to legitimately claim land on the Moon - by earning the right to the land ahead of time.
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