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Taking Issue With The Outer Space Treaty

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-get-rid-of-the-income-tax dept.

tekan writes: "The National Review has an interesting article about the challenges ahead for the settlement of Mars (or the Moon), as well as how Law and sovereignty issues factor into colonizing these bodies." Perhaps most interesting are the reasons cited for entering into the treaty at all -- which had little to do with keeping space a peaceful utopia.

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  1. Karma Whore by voidware · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For those unfamiliar, the Moon orbits the Earth. Mars, like Earth, Orbits the Sun.

  2. TOO LATE, MARS TO BE CLAIMED BY INVENTOR ! by geekster_2000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic



    No one will be able to enforce any law as I
    understand he can gety up and go where no
    man has ever been before !! It will be centuries
    before NASA and others can go to Mars !

    Space Propulsion Engine for Flying Saucer - New Physics

    Rumor in Silicon Valley -

    Inventor of 3D volume holographic optical storage
    shopping his concept for Space Propulsion Engine
    using Propellantless Mass to US and other countries.

    for further look at biography background goto

    http://colossalstorage.net

    he is working in top secret and he says no physicist or scientist
    he has ever studied or researched had this approach and knows his
    concept will work to give near light speed travel thru Galaxy with
    500K/Miles per Hour to start or 138 miles/sec. Nasa fastest time
    are 25,000 mile/hr or 3.9 miles/sec

    he says it is a mankind first concept !!