could some billionaire just wake up one morning and decide that when he dies, he’s going to be buried on the moon?

Question

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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Answer 1

Pretty much all countries that have a chance of reaching space are in the UN, and the UN has guidelines for extraterrestrial practices. Even the countries that aren’t in the UN will have to follow the guidelines, or they will risk pissing off the UN, which is a horrible thing to do.