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Old 14-December-2007, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Noclevername View Post
Yes, and other countries would be bigger. So? The situation presented is not analagous; our potential living space is not limited to a continent. Plenty of Universe for everyone.
Not really. The Moon has an area about the size of Africa. Mars has an area about the size of the landed area on Earth.

The ability to construct free-floating space habitats is irrelevant to the question of sovereignity of celestial bodies.
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