In 1980, entrepreneur Dennis Hope made an unusual discovery while reading the Outer Space Treaty of 1967. The international agreement prohibited countries from claiming ownership of celestial bodies like the Moon — but it never mentioned private individuals. Hope saw an opportunity where others saw nothing.
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