[PIF]

See Article II

[thackney]

Outer space, including the Moon and other celestial
bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by
claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation,
or by any other means.

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http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202733305720/Mining-Outer-Space-Who-Owns-the-Asteroids?mcode=0&curindex=0&curpage=ALL

space cannot be subdivided into national “colonies,” in the manner of 19th century European powers. But there is a difference between appropriation of territory (in this colonial sense) and appropriation of mineral resources, as occurs in commercial mining-and OST says nothing in particular about the latter.