The nuclear armed signatories of the Outer Space Treaty were not "smoking peace pipes" and chanting kumbaya. Antarctica isn't militarized, and it also has "dif

The nuclear armed signatories of the Outer Space Treaty were not "smoking peace pipes" and chanting kumbaya. Antarctica isn't militarized, and it also has "difficult resource constraints". Guess they must have been passing around some good weed back then in the UN building. > you could launch an army of battle satellites on short notice You've changed the topic. I objected to your claim that a "moon base ... could effectively attack ... rockets attempting to reach orbit". It CANNOT. Those battle satellites would take two days to reach the Earth, giving plenty of time for rockets to reach orbit. > Moon military systems could have VERY LARGE lasers Looks like you got some of that good weed too. Your "could" requires magic pixie dust. If you're going to break the laws of physics, might as well have transporter beams too. A moon based laser CANNOT prevent a rocket reaching orbit if only because the rocket can launch from the other side of the planet. You are of course free to argue by metaphor. The metaphor of comparing modern military tactics to the age of sail, back when more powerful cannon made for a more powerful ship, is still fundamentally flawed.