Who Owns Space? International Summit in Paris Explores Question

An international summit on space opened in Paris, France 24 reported, examining questions of ownership and governance in space.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced €20 billion in contracts supporting Europe's space sector, according to the report, which noted that SpaceX and Blue Origin did not participate. The report said the summit comes as states and private companies increasingly eye resources on the moon and asteroids, decades after the 1967 Outer Space Treaty first set international legal groundwork.