The men who sold the Moon: Science fiction or legal nonsense?

Space Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-203

  Pop, Virgiliu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extraterrestrial landed property rights; Extraterrestrial real estate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038061381     PISSN: 02659646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-9646(01)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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