[RightWhale]

Take ownership of a piece of extraterrestrial property, then dare a nation to evict you.

If you are in business as the world economy stands today and will be for the next period of time, you might indeed fly out and stand on the moon or on Mars, or even on an asteroid and the gov't or gov'ts wouldn't bother you OUT THERE. They have the low ground and you will dry up and blow away without trade. They won't have to lift a collective finger to watch the 'Survivor - None' show. Call it the Cuba technique.

[Frank_Discussion]

"...watch the 'Survivor - None' show."

LOL!! Pretty Good! And you're right, at the moment, a person doing what I describe would just dry up, I suppose. But the economy won't always be this way, and when launch costs drive down, resupply will be easier.

If lunar or any other space tourism takes off in a big way, the customers will drive those costs down. At that point, unless the governments start shooting down private craft, or impounding earthly launch sites, then the viable land grabs will begin.

Will this all fall into place next week? Of course not. But there are some folks (hopfully not you) who think that only the magical NASA and its ilk can go into space, ever. It is simply not true.

[MarketR]

They won't have to lift a collective finger to watch the 'Survivor - None' show. Call it the Cuba technique.

You are right on the mark with this....but, because of this, your previous comment to "junk" this treaty is mute. The same would happen.

It's a jealous world out there and they are not going to stand by while the US takes advantage of our lead in space exploration.