Re: Can I conquer a planet or moon and keep it ? ? ?

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From: Joann Evans
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:53

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Hans-Marc Olsen wrote:
> 
> I want to conquer Ganymede or Io

   Exactly whom would you be conquering there?

> and install a belt of defence
> satellites to shoot all intruders.
> 
> Is that legal

   No...

> or does space belong to the USA?

   ....and no. Here's why:

U.N. 'Outer Space Treaty' (1967) 
http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/ost/text/space1.htm 
http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/treat/ost/ost.html 

   Next question?

-- 

   You know what to remove, to reply....

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