[altair]

However, due to its provisions prohibiting the ownership of natural real estate in space, the treaty was virtually ignored by the world community. Only nine countries have ratified it and just five others have signed it. The cold shoulders it received from the primary spacefaring nations have all but sealed its fate as an irrelevant document in the larger scheme of space development.

It's too bad so many other bad UN treaties don't share this one's fate.

[RightWhale]

That was the Moon Treaty. The [can't think of a polite name just now] group pushed a little too hard with that one. But the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty is still in effect and is still being interpreted. The 67 treaty has an escape clause that allows a graceful exit, which should be invoked immediately.