tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post207094486713676368..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: A little note on NASARobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-81428474644219072972009-07-21T13:55:22.221-04:002009-07-21T13:55:22.221-04:00@Rorshach,
What's even more interesting is tha...@Rorshach,<br />What's even more interesting is that the OST is the _only_ treaty (per my Space Law prof) that actually mentions individual citizens of countries.<br />Specifically, the launching country is wholly responsible for _anything_ a private citizen does, in particular, have a launch failure from, say, Cape Canaveral go fubar and take out, say, Paris.<br />The concept of private property to which you allude is certainly another biggie. Whether or not a treaty about space violates a terrestrial Constitution is another question. As long as we're putting priority on social programs, at the expense of useful exploration, the chance of testing your hypothesis remains remote.smitty1ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559464300318848169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-8631330775988527882009-07-21T13:44:56.439-04:002009-07-21T13:44:56.439-04:00For private development of space to occur, that tr...For private development of space to occur, that treaty MUST go. It does not allow any country or individual to OWN any heavenly body wholly or in part. In other words, if you build a hotel on the moon, out of local materials, and create the air from locally mined oxides or water ice. you not only do not own the land it is sitting on, but you don't own the walls or the air either. Who in their right mind would spend all the money and energy to go to the moon and develop the resources necessary for human colonization when they can't even own the ground they stand on? I would argue that the UN Space Treaty violates the US constitution.Rorschachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11848860674369931761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-79842985053428981592009-07-21T03:22:49.570-04:002009-07-21T03:22:49.570-04:00C. All the aboveC. All the aboveSteven Givlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092840809322567030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-21631884744190598162009-07-21T03:16:36.332-04:002009-07-21T03:16:36.332-04:002
But then Pres. Palin will tell them to piss off...2<br /><br />But then Pres. Palin will tell them to piss off, and I will laugh along with her.TexMexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650643928639509802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-81439838198992817862009-07-21T01:11:35.731-04:002009-07-21T01:11:35.731-04:00will the loony Left
a) blame Bush for not having d...<i>will the loony Left<br />a) blame Bush for not having done all that sooner, or<br />b) blame Palin for marring the Martian ecosystem with human presence? </i><br /><br />Why not both? They are not mutually exclusive.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288242142162230195noreply@blogger.com