Is the U.S. claiming land found on Mars?

Question

Raymond your funny even though i said land "claimed" i didnt say discovered....

Answer 1

actually there is an UN treaty in place declaring extraterrestrial territory belongs to noone.

unfortunatly we too often give a sh** on what the UN says and therefore have debates whom's territory it is.
There were already people selling ground on moon and stuff. And someone bought a whole Asteroid where the NEAR spacecraft later landed on. Therefore 'Welcoming it' etc etc.

man.. can't wait for someone claiming such territory asking NASA to remove the manmade junk from it.
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so if you ask if the US claims territory
you can bet we do (sooner or later)
cause we aren't able to learn from our mistakes

Answer 2

No. By international treaty, anything outside of the earth's atmosphere belongs to everybody. This may make extracting resources from Mars or the Moon a problem, requiring new treaties.

Answer 3

What "land found on Mars?"

That land was known to be there well before the rovers were sent there. If anything, the "land" was discovered by Italian astronomers (if not before).

Answer 4

No. Under international treaty no nation can exert a sovereign claim on any region of space or any object in space--including planets.

Answer 5

no. it is impossible to claim anything on space especially when the US has no capability YET to protect whatever it may own in the galaxy.. i mean, what's the sense of claiming something if you can't actually secure it.

Answer 6

Not legal, but we'll probably find a way around that too.

Answer 7

No. At least not in an open way.

Answer 8

mo, because of treaties we cant