I forgot about that. What is the deal, no commercial exploitation of space except for satellites and a space station?
Of course we would be the only ones to honor the agreement.
I would have been a lot more impressed if Gingrich had promised to get us out of the outer space treaty and give industry the go ahead to claim tracts of land and asteroids in space if they can put feet on them and utilize them.
I’m OK with funding NASA as a pure exploration, pathfinding, and prospecting agency in the manner of Lewis and Clark.
If liberals really wanted to save the earth, they would be screaming for the industrialization of space. What better way to end metals mining on earth than mining metal rich asteroids. What better way to get rid of industrial pollution and waste than manufacturing in space.