US Must Claim The Moon!

Another gem from Modern Mechanix; the Reds will own the Moon by 1970...but we an beat them there!:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/30/lets-claim-the-moon-now/
If we can put a flag there before them, the place is ours!
Note the flag actually waves up there also.
The legal hypothesis is interesting... if just getting a flag there first gives you ownership, then Russia owns the Moon, Venus, and Mars, the US owns Jupiter, a asteroid, and a comet, the Japanese also own a asteroid, and the Europeans own Titan.
The big question is...who is going to own Uranus?
Given the choice, I think it's time to make sure the US owns that also.
First, we need a probe that will carry a flag deep into Uranus' gassy interior.... we don't want Uranus to be Red! ;-)

Pat
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