Monday, November 14, 2005

No College Football on Moon?

Saturday I posted about International law and the fact that the AGREEMENT GOVERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF STATES ON THE MOON AND OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES, Opened for signature at New York on 18 December 1979, or (Moon Treaty) designates the moon as Common Heritage of Mankind.

I have always thought it sad that the United States has not signed the Moon Treaty and assumed that the U.S. had problems, from a greed and power standpoint, with the following provision:

"The moon is not subject to national appropriation by any claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means.
Neither the surface nor the subsurface of the moon, nor any part thereof or natural resources in place, shall become property of any State, international intergovernmental or non-governmental organization, national organization or non-governmental entity or of any natural person. The placement of personnel, space vehicles, equipment, facilities, stations and installations on or below the surface of the moon, including structures connected with its surface or subsurface, shall not create a right of ownership over the surface or the subsurface of the moon or any areas thereof."


But, upon a closer reading of the 1979 Moon Treaty, the "Utopian" vision for the moon laid out in this treaty is totally Un-American and the treaty should never be signed by the U.S.

Gravity issues aside, The Moon Treaty leaves no place for Lunar Football, much less Toddlers.

Article 3 of the moon treaty reads:

The moon shall be used by all States Parties exclusively for peaceful purposes.
Any threat or use of force or any other hostile act or threat of hostile act on the moon is prohibited.

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