To: cripplecreek
No nation that has a space program has ever signed the Moon treaty. Most importantly while the US hasn't openly objected to it the PRC has. As soon as there is a way to make a buck (Yuan) from an asteroid the PRC or the Russians will grab one. And after that blows the UN useless treaties to bits everyone else will too.
The League of Nations made war illegal. How did that work out for them?
13 posted on
07/27/2011 1:28:37 PM PDT by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: GonzoGOP
The simple fact is that western nations will cling to the treaties they never signed and we’ll be left in the dust because we don’t have the stones to stand and take what should be ours.
Private industry won’t blow billions without being damn sure the courts won’t take their profit away.
17 posted on
07/27/2011 1:35:22 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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