Re: The Moon, LSE-CM/ISS, Venus and beyond, with He3 to burn

From: Henry Spencer (henry_at_spsystems.net)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:58:56 GMT

In article <1106722529.159145.299180@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
Garuda <philotech@gmail.com> wrote:
>First, The U.S., U.K., Russia, China and many other countries of the
>United Nations drafted and ratified a treaty decades ago specifically
>regarding the Moon, other celestial bodies and Outer Space in general...
>>>From the Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and
>Other Celestial Bodies...

Note that none of the spacefaring powers has ratified this *particular*
treaty (the "Moon Treaty"), and it is effectively dead. The lobbying
campaign that scuttled its ratification by the US Senate was pretty much
the last act of the dying L5 Society.

>As for storing nuclear anything, chemical weapons, etc. there...

*That* is largely covered by the earlier Outer Space Treaty -- which the
US did ratify -- which bans stationing "nuclear weapons or any other kinds
of weapons of mass destruction" on celestial bodies. 

-- 
"Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend."    |   Henry Spencer
                                -- George Herbert       | henry@spsystems.net

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