On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 02:31, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:39:04 -0700, > Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > * Tom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031021 15:32]: > > > Have we figured out who owns the Moon yet? > > > Narrator: By 1964, experts say man will have established twelve > > colonies on the moon, ideal for family vacations. > > [a man fishes a comely moon maiden out of a crater. She > > winks at the audience] > > [a chart shows the difference] > > Once there, you'll weigh only a small percentage of what > > you weigh on Earth. > > [cut to a shot of a chubby boy eating pie] > > Slow down, tubby! You're not on the moon yet! > > [cut to a shot of the moon, with an American flag > > superimposed on it. The camera pulls back to reveal some > > men in spacesuits] > > The moon belongs to America, and anxiously awaits the > > arrival of our astro-men. Will you be among them? > > [fini. The film runs off the reel] > > ..by human international legal etc tradition, whoever populates it > first. > The Chinese? ;-)
Has the PRC ratified the Moon treaty? http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/SpaceLaw/moontxt.htm -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "As the night fall does not come at once, neither does oppression. It is in such twilight that we must all be aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness." Justice William O. Douglas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
