On Wed, 18 May 2005 14:36:15 GMT, in a place far, far away,
(Henry Spencer) made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

[sci.astro removed from newsgroups]

In article . com,
MrPepper11 wrote:
They think that "the United States doesn't own space - nobody owns
space," said Teresa Hitchens, vice president of the Center for Defense
Information ... "Space is a global commons under
international treaty and international law."

So are the oceans, but few people protest the existence of the US Navy.

Though they seem unhappy with its dominance...

Folks taking this line need to explain why they think space is different.

Yup.