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Old July 22nd 08, 10:39 PM posted to sci.space.history,sci.space.shuttle,sci.space.policy
Rand Simberg[_1_]
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Default United Nations 1979 Moon Treaty -- Prohitbiting the militarization of the Moon, Mars and asteroids.

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:09:25 -0700 (PDT), in a place far, far away,
Matt made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such
a way as to indicate that:

Space powers India and France have signed, though not yet ratified, so
it's not quite true that no nation of consequence is on board.


Carter signed, too. If they haven't ratified, they're not on board.