In today’s world the importance of space exploration has literally sky rocketed. Humanity has always been interested in space, but most people think we look to the stars too often and should focus more on our own planet. Even though “In the stone age we recorded seasons by looking at the stars.”(Murden 24) to aid our survival. All of this was given it’s attention because the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union starting “The Great Space Race”. Space exploration will never be limited to just super nations. Artists, Scientists, and soon average people will be able to reach the stars. Soon everyone will be a Neil Armstrong or a Buzz Aldrin. Laws will change our technology will change, and our understanding of our universe will change also. With modem developments in space exploration and the private race to space being catapulted by companies such as Space X, the concept of private property acquisition in outer space has become a pertinent issue in international law. private actors can and should be permitted to acquire property rights in outer space in light of the goals of space exploration. further analyzation of different proposals for methods of establishing private property rights in space shows a ocean of solutions. Finally, in order to encourage space exploration, both international agreements and domestic legislation should be used to develop a property acquisition system, which allows individuals to establish private property rights in outer space through effective,