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I think the poster is eluding to a nation's claim or stake for the land.

• mikepurvis 4y ago
  In the future, if you care, the word you want here is alluding: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/elude-vs-allude-difference https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/elude-vs-allud...
  • gunshai 4y ago
    Hah one of those things you always "know" but just brain fart on. I really enjoy these merriam blogs. They had one about "nonplussed" which gave me a great laugh considering how much that word is miss used.
• onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
  Why is this any different? If China goes to the moon to mine heavy metals - the international community can either get together and sanction China (they won't) - or accept that China's doing it. If the US does it - the same thing will happen. I can't really imagine anyone else doing it - but then they have a little less global importance and smaller guns - so maybe there would be sanctions to stop it.
  • mattmaroon 4y ago
    One would almost have to achieve global importance and big guns before moon mining is within reach. Russia would be more likely than China probably given their level of spacefaring ability right?
    • njarboe 4y ago
      It gets almost no press but China has a very active space industry and is quickly advancing its space technology. Russia's space technology has not advanced much since the 1960's. China has built its own space station in the last few years, did a moon sample return recently (first rocks back from the moon since the 1970's), and has companies working on making re-usable rockets.
    • zardo 4y ago
      Russia's space fairing capability has been holding steady (if not declining). China has been making steady progress at expanding capability. But either way, no one is any where near economically viable lunar mining.
• cortesoft 4y ago
  That isn’t going to be an issue until there are competing stakes.