Who Owns the Moon?
And Other Conundrums of Exploring and Using Space

An interesting book that serves as a good introduction to space law - highlighting its limits against the push of current technological and political developments. The book uses parallels from recent history to make a case for change and issue a warning. In fact the history makes up the bulk of it,......more

Grayling looks at a fascinating topic in his new book. The book’s not just about the moon, but also about outer space in general, and the seas and Antarctica as examples earthlings have already entered into treaties about. At a different level, it’s about commons, places shared by all that can easil......more

Very interesting topic, but could be more divulgative.......more

I'll not deny it's interesting in places but, overall, I was a tad disappointed with this. It's a comparatively short book -8 pages of 'introduction', 115 of content, 68 of appendices and notes (the appendices include the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty, the Antarctic Treaty, and the UN Convention on the......more

technological developments and corporate speculation and investment are contributing to a renewal of interest in accessing the moon and its resources - both as a stepping stone to Mars and as a potential source of rare minerals that we are busily depleting on Earth. in this timely book, A. C. Grayli......more