Posted on 04/24/2012 10:48:53 PM PDT by presidio9
We, the height challenged, stand at the feet of giants.
Despite what the treaty says, is there any dispute that the USA OWNS the Apollo Moon rock samples?
I think the treaty would bar the USA from CLAIMING the Moon in whole.
Asteroids are a different ball game. For example, if you capture your asteroid in a giant mylar bag (which would be a good idea to control pieces drifting off), then you OWN it. If you are productively mining it; you own it.
THAT is established space law regardless of what some UN bureaucrat says.
Maybe if the ra$$holes were not so closed minded an partisan, they would have supported New Gingrich after his Florida speech.
Obama and Romney lack vision, or worse, second term Obama’s dark vision is pushing him to destroy freedom and liberty.
Past due time to be our own giants...
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