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Russia declares venus a ‘Russian planet’ but is this legal?

by Lucky

September 19, 2020

Russia has some solid emotions about the planet Venus. Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Roscosmos, Russia's space organization, talked at ...

Russia has some solid emotions about the planet Venus. Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Roscosmos, Russia's space organization, talked at the 2020 HeliRussia show and pronounced that Venus is a "Russian planet," as indicated by the Russian news office TASS.

This comes after the notable declaration on Monday that specialists have spotted likely proof of life high in the billows of Venus. The researchers discovered compound marks of a particle called phosphine, which is just delivered by living things or in places where there's high warmth and weight. Since Venus isn't exposed to high warmth or high weight, life may have recently discovered a way.

Scientists have long suspected the caustic clouds coating Venus could harbor life. Unlike the stiflingly hot surface of the planet, its cloud decks are home to relatively Earth-like conditions, with temperatures hovering around 86 degrees Fahrenheit and pressures similar to what we feel at Earth's surface.

Russia has a rich history of sending spacecraft to Venus—and has significantly contributed to our knowledge of the strange world—the country can't claim ownership of the planet just because it was the first to land there. Somewhere in the range of 1967 and 1984, the Soviet Union sent various tests to investigate Venus. Most missions were fruitless, yet a few of these rockets returned significant information about the planet. Venera 7, for example, was the main test to effectively arrive on Venus' surface. (It passed on not long after.) Venera 9, which dispatched in 1976, snapped the principal pictures of the dusty, forlorn planet. The last Venera missions, 15 and 16, zeroed in on planning segments of the planet's surface.

IS THIS LEGAL?

Obviously the answer is a resounding NO, according to Outer Space Treaty this action as classified as Extraterrestrial real estate which refers to

Claims of land ownership on other planets, natural satellites, or parts of space by certain organizations or individuals. Previous claims are not recognized by any authority and have no legal standing. Nevertheless, some private individuals and organizations have claimed ownership of celestial bodies, such as the Moon, and are actively involved in "selling" parts of them through certificates of ownership termed "Lunar deeds", "Martian deeds" or similar. While personal claims have little weight, whole countries could potentially lay claim to colonizing certain bodies. Extraterrestrial Real Estate not only deals with the legal standpoints of potential colonization, but how it could be feasible for long-term real estate. There are multiple factors to consider in using another planet for real estate including how to create a real estate market, transportation, planetary protection, astrobiology, sustainability, and the orbital real estate of the planet, as well.
WIKIPEDIA

Hence The United Nations sponsored 1967 "Outer Space Treaty" established all of outer space as an international commons by describing it as the "province of all mankind" and forbidding all the nations from claiming territorial sovereignty. Article VI vests the responsibility for activities in space to States Parties, regardless of whether they are carried out by governments or non-governmental entities. The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 had been ratified by 102 countries by 2013, including all the major space-faring nations. It has also been signed but not yet ratified by 26 other nations.

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