Eros has landlords

--- In spacesettlers@y..., Ian Woollard wrote:
> Unfortunately under international law individuals and companies
> don't exist except as an extension of the government that they
> are subject to. This means that you can't actually, legitimately,
> lay claim to any interplanetary body.
>

The treaty says nothing about private citizens, businesses, or non-
signatory nations. It only talks about states which have signed the
treaty: http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/space1.html

:) ed