Re: Sounds like another step towards realizing "Wall-E"
I can see why this would be a desirable thing, but allowing it would be against the terms of the Outer Space Treaty. I've put the relevant bit paraphrased by Wikipedia below:
The treaty explicitly forbids any government to claim a celestial resource such as the Moon or a planet.[9] Article II of the treaty states that "outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means." However, the State that launches a space object retains jurisdiction and control over that object.[10] The State is also liable for damages caused by its space object.[11]
IANAL but I would assume that an Orbital altitude band counts as a resource.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
