Well, a different different. That pioneer spirit remains, but roadside
repairs or finding an island with fresh water will be a little more
difficult now..

An unimportant difference. And btw "roadside repairs" are made all the
time to spacecraft, in the form of new computer instructions beamed up
from Earth. The tools have changed, but concept remains true.

I believe there's an international agreement
that nobody can lay claim to anything in
outer space

Yes, there is such an agreement - words on paper - and it will hold true
until there is no competition. Then space will "belong" to whoever is
actually there. Waddayagonnadoboudit?

Jose
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