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But like the US were first on the moon, the Russians were first to send a satellite/someone in space. No one that's willing dismiss international treaties will
by sebastien_b 6y ago
But like the US were first on the moon, the Russians were first to send a satellite/someone in space.
No one that's willing dismiss international treaties will care how many things anyone sent up - they'll only care who was the first.
- nickff 6y agoOkay, now I understand, but grandparent was talking about who was in the lead, not who was first. You generally can’t stake claims retroactively, so USSR could have made a claim, but failed to. On the other hand, it’s tough to distinguish regions of space, so I’m not sure it could stick.
- sebastien_b 6y agoNoted; basically I'm just saying that Musk won't care about treaties, and given the US' silence so far on his 'terms and conditions', I'm willing to bet they'd go along with it; in fact, wouldn't be surprised if the US 'suddenly' took things over and started staking claims.
- dividedbyzero 6y agoThey will care about who can make a defensible claim and defend it, on whatever real or made-up grounds. That will be 99% earthly politics and power projection and 1% space-to-space lasers for a long time to come.