[RightWhale]

claim the moon for the U.S. as sovereign territory? . . . some semblance of property rights

If we want private enterprise to take an interest in space development, we must establish private property rights in space, which also would dump the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty.

[Gunslingr3]

If we want private enterprise to take an interest in space development, we must establish private property rights in space, which also would dump the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty.

Or private people going to the moon and telling the UN, US, etc. to piss off.