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Space Law Experts Warn Whoever Controls Oxygen Controls Off-World Colonies

Original: Who Controls the Oxygen, Controls the Colony: The Terrifying Reality of Space Law ft Dr Rachita A.

A discussion featuring legal scholar Dr Rachita A. argues that space law leaves deadly gaps over who controls life-support essentials like oxygen in future settlements on the Moon or Mars. Under current treaties, no clear rules govern ownership or control of resources vital to survival in a colony, meaning whoever controls the oxygen effectively controls the colony itself.

Why now: Growing commercial and state interest in lunar and Martian settlement has renewed concern that existing space treaties do not protect settlers from private or national control of life-support resources.

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