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To: cripplecreek

“The abandonment of the government monopoly on human spaceflight has been a long time coming.”

Since 1974, when manned spae exploration was canceled.

“The only problem is that we still recognize treaties that make space completely unprofitable. Obozo has handed control to china and they aren’t concerned about any stinking treaties.”

Treaties which, by their nature, make anything beyond LEO for a private US company not only unprofitable - since they would have to give whatever they find or any profits to the UN, but also illegal.


10 posted on 02/06/2010 7:13:37 AM PST by PIF
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To: PIF
Treaties which, by their nature, make anything beyond LEO for a private US company not only unprofitable - since they would have to give whatever they find or any profits to the UN, but also illegal.

That is exactly what the people who are cheering this privatization decision need to understand. Its a completely meaningless decision for anyone interested in anything more than space taxis. If Obama had announced that we were pulling out of the international space treaty I would be cheering it as well.
11 posted on 02/06/2010 7:52:37 AM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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