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To: frithguild

http://www.nss.org/settlement/L5news/1982-opposition.htm
Wrong
The Carter administration was in favor of approvung the treaty. But with the election of Ronald Reagan the Moon Treaty is a “dead issue,” according to administration officials and Congressional sources. President Reagan does not plan to submit the treaty for ratification to the Senate and, even if he did, there is a consensus that the Foreign Relations Committee would not pass it. “The danger is over,” said one informed Senate source. “It’s not going anywhere so nobody has to worry about it.”

The disputed treaty is formally known as the “Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies.” It was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly without opposition and without vote in December 1979. Before it becomes legally binding for the U.S., however, the Moon Treaty would need to be signed by Reagan and ratified by the Senate.


47 posted on 01/28/2012 9:55:53 AM PST by OPS4 (Ops4 God Bless America!Jesus is Lord)
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To: OPS4

Every post I have made on this subject references the 1967 Treaty, which unquestionalbly has been ratified by the US. I never made mention of the 1979 treaty, which was far far worse.


49 posted on 01/28/2012 10:05:53 AM PST by frithguild (Withdraw from the 1967 Treaty on the Exploration and Use of Outer Space that bans private property)
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