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Old 18-March-2007, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Warren Platts View Post
So, why not do that to the Moon? U.S. unilaterally withdraws from the Space Treaty, and then claims the Moon as sovereign territory. Crazy, of course. But really, what would stop China from doing the same if they get to the Moon next?
The samething that stopped European explorers from claiming the Americas as all their own. The ability to pull it off.
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