>>11819872Questions like these are purely practical, "de facto". Once something of value is found, who can take, will, and the capacity to do same and keep and hold land overrides any previous, theoretical, de jure agreements.
The best terrestrial example is Antarctica. The territorial disputes are "cold" (heh) because as far as anyone knows, there's nothing there apart from some vague glory (same thing with exploring the Moon and other worlds). Once someone finds a vein of oil, gold, platinum? All the niceties go out the window. Capital performs its good and salutary task.
