Who owns the moon?

@whowasthatmaskedman
You are too old to unpack anything.

@sree251 Was there really a point to that? Did it bring any value to the debate? Or was it just some stupid cheap shot that seemed like a good idea at the time because you didnt have an actual reply??😷

@Convivial The islands in the South China Sea was claimed by China as part of a 2000 year-old imperial realm that predated the arrival of western colonialists from Britain and Europe. The earliest western maritime map of subject sea was drawn by the Spaniards in 1734, less than 300 years ago. International treaties are latter day agreements that dismiss not only China's claim but her very existence before arrival of the west. Today, no western gunboats - not even nuclear powered aircraft carrier strike groups of the US Navy - can impose on the Chinese. I think that not only the islands but the entire South China Sea is claimable by China.

As for the moon, the US is ahead in space technology. Trump needs to get Musk to focus on the moon. We need to colonize the lunar satellite, nuclear arm it, and claim it as a US military base. No landing - not even lunar orbiting - by aliens is allowed.

@sree251 not according to international law of the sea...I think territoriality only extends 20k or thereabouts...

@Convivial What is the law? It's a rule made by mom.

@LordT aka, a nothing burger treaty.

no country actually capable of reaching moon has ratified it.

@sree251 to Mae West's remains 😒the moon of course! What did you start this post off with?

@LordT The Moon Treaty is irrelevant as no nation with the capacity to go there has signed it.

@Roundandroundwego Human nature, duh.

@sree251 only a small portion of the world finds that philosophy to be defensible. The aggressive part.

@Roundandroundwego
Philosophy is of the mind while territoriality is a basic instinct.

@jshm2 Not yet, not until the US has military capability to control access to the moon.

@LeopoldBloom We are talking about a moon-based, nuclear-armed military platform for surveillance and control of Earth.

@Sidewinder And how much do you know?

@sree251 I know a thing or two.

For instance, I know that unlike the Earth, the Moon is uninhabited, therefore it's very unlikely that anyone owns it.

@Sidewinder
There was a time when the wild west - anywhere west of the MIssissippi - was uninhabited. Now, everyone owns a piece of it.

@deadgerbil I like that.

According to Chuang Tsu, the moon is his companion on a moonlit walk.

@swirlie Then why didn’t the USSR expose us? It would have been incredibly embarrassing.

@LeopoldBloom
For the USSR to expose the USA, would expose the USSR's truth that they never even tried to get there.

@LeopoldBloom Nobody believes the Russians. US propaganda has baked it into our heads.

@swirlie Arrogance is the American way. Deal with it.