Recent content by kehvan

Smh

It's only narrow for the narrow minded. Equity doesn't result in the best candidates, but candidates who fit a demographic that's entirely unrelated to the skills necessary to research, develop, and launch spacecraft. It's guaranteed, if you had 10 candidates for an engineering position, not...

Someone wants to assure China wins the new space race.

No. Outside of prohibitions on weapons of mass destruction in space, it doesn't prohibit military use of space per se. Take it for what it's worth... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty You can double check the wiki if you like, but in the end, what the treaty bans is...

When was there a pre-existing society found living on the Moon?

There. Fixed that for ya! The fact is, a legal framework that's nonpartisan isn't beholden to a political party unless a political party is playing the system.

And so why is this a good thing? It assures private investors there's a nation state who'll recognize their claim on their privately gathered and constructed assets.

So, you're afraid we're going to place Martians under human hegemony?