On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 15:59:14 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote this crap:

On Saturday, October 18, 2014 6:06:12 PM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
On Saturday, October 18, 2014 12:36:59 AM UTC-6, RichA wrote:

Why does anyone on Earth have the right to dictate who can claim space objects?


They're only dictating to other Earthlings. Property rights of intelligent

aliens in their own home worlds and other bodies they are utilizing are not

affected by the UN Moon Treaty - an expedient adopted at the time of the Cold

War to prevent a race to colonization in space from creating inequality and

leading to conflict on Earth.



This is not to say that the arrangement is well-advised; clearly, it will need

to be revisited to permit effective use of the Solar System.



John Savard

They should open up the solar system like land in the American
West in the 1800's, it's a fastest way to see development happen.
Just stake a claim.

I want to stake a claim on all of Mars before the Wong family gets it
and puts up that sign, "You've come to the Wong Place."


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