[Destro]

The USA signed a treaty outside of the UN before the UN treaty was proposed that disallows sovreignty over the stars and I agree with that treaty. The UN treaty pretty much dupliated the earlier treaty.

[PokeyJoe]

Name a Star

and if sovreignty is disallowed, then why do we allow people to claim that they can name stars? Who owns that right? What judicial body will recognize such a name? And if naming a star is okay, why can't I plant a flag as a private citizen?

If I land on Mars as a private citizen, what is to stop me from claiming a Martian Basin, full of some precious metal, as the Territory of PokeyJoe, and vote myself - as the sole inhabitant - subject to the United States Constitution.

[itsahoot]

The USA signed a treaty outside of the UN before the UN treaty was proposed that disallows sovreignty over the stars and I agree with that treaty.

You can not have sovereignty over anything you can not defend. Sort of like our Southern borders.