JF Mezei wrote:
Jonathan wrote:
The space race to the moon isn't about us, it's
about power. It's a military race. Are you folks
that ignorant about politics? Or are you just
afraid to think for yourself?

Heard an interesting comment the other day:

Imagine if China lands in the same place as Apollo 11, plants the
chinese flag there, picks up the USA flag and returns it to earth and
then sells it on ebay.

The US would request that eBay halt the auction on the grounds that the
flag was stolen, and eBay would comply.

The Outer Space Treaty states that artifacts in space remain the
property of the launching nation. Both the US and China have ratified it.

Counterarguments based on marine salvage law are inapplicable.