What are the laws actually guiding issues like this? Who actually owns space bodies? Is outer space actually a no man’s land?
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A billionaire may not have the resources to buy the rocket. He won’t be developing a new one, but he may be able to buy one that is capable to deliver his corpse into the moon.
There is really no such thing as international law. Countries do what they want. If one or more country don’t like what they’re doing then they can bring their military or economic sanctions against them to bend them to their will. International law operates under the most fundamental law–might makes right. If you give some country enough money they’ll let you launch your rocket from their territory–once again a billionaire might not have the resources.
When I say billionaire I mean someone worth about 1 billion. This is not quite worth what it used to. It may be enough, but you may need a few more billions to pay off governments to allow you to launch and purchase an existing rocket, and the personal required to launch your rocket. If you truly want to be buried and not just crash into the moon, you’ll probably need significantly more money, but it could be done.
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