September 18th, 2003, 04:24 PM
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Re: OT: future of a manned space exploration.
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Originally posted by Parasite:
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Originally posted by Narrew:
... go to Mars, and claim it as their own ...
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Unfortunately the USA has signed a treaty (The Moon treaty  ) that disallows claiming space objects for goverments or private industries. Many think this is causing companies not to try to go to space to get resources (the obvious reason after lebensraum). The emphasis is all on Space Tourism, Satillite Graveyards, and such.
There is a slight loophole - the Last I heard, the US didn't sign second Version, the one which Banned private individuals arbitrarily claiming stellar bodies. In theory, a US citizen would be permitted to claim an unclaimed portion of our solar system and sell it to a corporation, who could then go and mine it (after all, they weren't the ones who claimed it - they bought it).
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Of course, by the time I finish this post, it will already be obsolete. C'est la vie.
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