[JeffAtlanta]

Similarly, the airspace over my home, or the minerals under my home, are not mine because I did not homestead them.

I'm not sure this is correct concerning mineral rights. From my understanding, mineral rights belong to the property owner unless they have been sold off or "severed".

[Shalom Israel]

I'm not sure this is correct concerning mineral rights. From my understanding, mineral rights belong to the property owner unless they have been sold off or "severed".

Again, I'm discussing morality, not law. US law is contradictory on this point: it gives a homeowner property rights extending downward to the core of the earth, but does not give property rights extending upward into the heavens.