Eric is an American billionaire who has the funds to travel to outer space. Instead of using hismoney to travel to space solo, Eric pays a group of Americans to travel to space with him while also charging other wealthy people a fee to board their spacecraft. When the group reaches outer space, Eric claims the limits of outer space for the United States. The United States

Question $7$Answer

a$.$

will be able to claim outer space because when U$.$S$.$ astronauts landed on the moon they claimed it for the United States, so there is precedent for this.

b$.$

will be able to claim outer space because Eric is a private individual engaged in a commercial transaction.

c$.$

will not be able to claim outer space because only Eric can claim outer space due to reaching it on his own spaceship.

d$.$

will not be able to claim outer space because outer space is a shared resource.