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To: phoenix0468

The short answer is yes. There is absolutely no nation that recognizes any claims made of the moon or any other object in space. Once someone lands there and stakes a claim, that will create some difficulty in sorting out, because a physical presence can be the basis of a legitimate claim.


13 posted on 02/08/2006 8:55:09 PM PST by Brett66 (Where government advances – and it advances relentlessly – freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: Brett66
a physical presence can be the basis of a legitimate claim.

And more, only a physical presence can be the basis.

23 posted on 02/09/2006 10:42:36 AM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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