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If you don't follow these laws you could become a space criminal

Sep 30, 2016, 20:04 IST

Ever wonder why no one can legally own the Moon? Or why it's illegal to test nuclear weapons in space? It's all because of a series of space laws that began with the Outer Space Treaty back in 1967.

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Since then, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs has continued to lay down the law for humanity's final frontier, ensuring it remains a peaceful regime for intrepid explorers - and not space outlaws.

Here are the five primary agreements and some of the regulations that go with them:

Dragan Radovanovic

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