On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:08:42 -0500, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 02:31, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:39:04 -0700, > > Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > * Tom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031021 15:32]: > > > > Have we figured out who owns the Moon yet? > > > > > Narrator: By 1964, experts say man will have established twelve > > > colonies on the moon, ideal for family vacations. > > > [a man fishes a comely moon maiden out of a crater. > > > She winks at the audience] > > > [a chart shows the difference] > > > Once there, you'll weigh only a small percentage of > > > what you weigh on Earth. > > > [cut to a shot of a chubby boy eating pie] > > > Slow down, tubby! You're not on the moon yet! > > > [cut to a shot of the moon, with an American flag > > > superimposed on it. The camera pulls back to reveal > > > some men in spacesuits] > > > The moon belongs to America, and anxiously awaits the > > > arrival of our astro-men. Will you be among them? > > > [fini. The film runs off the reel] > > > > ..by human international legal etc tradition, whoever populates it > > first. > > The Chinese? ;-) > > Has the PRC ratified the Moon treaty? > http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/SpaceLaw/moontxt.htm ..looks like it. But reread Article 20. And, this treaty also ignores potential native lunar and other extraterrestrial nations, so there _might_ be yet another Boston Tea Party. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
