China Could Own The Moon Says U.S. Space Entrepreneur
Well-known U.S. space entrepreneur, Robert Bigelow, at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight; warned that China could possibly own large portions of the moon by 2026. The entrepreneur elaborated stating that China already had the technical prowess, the cash, lack of debt, and national will to make this true. The American space entrepreneur is the owner of Bigelow Aerospace which is in the process of building human colony labs and private inflatable space modules for both government and commercial ventures. The space entrepreneur stated that under present international laws, any nation could claim ownership of lunar territory it occupies through continuous human presence. The firebrand space entrepreneur explained the potential benefits of staking out a claim to lunar territory and suggested that the United States should consider going into a partnership with China instead of competing with it.