Talk:Moon Treaty
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The diagram shows the USA as Signed & Ratified but this doesn't match with the "Ratified" section
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The article doesn't say what the Moon Treaty IS -- which is a bare minimum even for a stub. The links to Outer Space Treaty and United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea don't substitute, and in any case they still aren't enough to figure out what the MT is. Thx, "alyosha" (talk) 01:26, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Extent of coverage by the treaty
What is the conventional understanding of what this treaty is/was intended to cover? All bodies that are captive and remain within the gravitational influence of our sun? That would include all eight other planets, Kuiper Belt Objects, satellites, the asteroids and comets. It would then not include objects even as close as Proxima Centauri if such are discovered that close. Or does the treaty envision covering the newly-discovered exo-planets that are even hundreds of light years away?
In other words, does the treaty only cover celestial objects that it can be reasonably foreseen will be reached by manned spacecraft, with return journeys, and with the ability of radio communications? Objects as far away as Proxima Centauri and further do not fall into this category as it requires theoretical FTL, and communications, if possible (requiring immense power), would take decades.
GBC 19:47, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- According to the treaty text " The provisions of this Agreement relating to the moon shall also apply to other celestial bodies within the solar system" so only in the solar system. When the solar system "ends" I don't know but I'm sure there's a technical definition somewhere.--David Youngberg 18:53, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
