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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Space => Topic started by: kevindavis007 on May 06, 2020, 11:58:49 am

Title: Trump administration drafting Artemis Accords moon mining pact: report
Post by: kevindavis007 on May 06, 2020, 11:58:49 am

The United States-led pact would be part of a plan by the administration to bypass the United Nations’ treaty process, according to Reuters, citing anonymous sources familiar with the draft.

The U.S. would collaborate with “like-minded nations” because the treaty process is lengthy and it would be a waste of time to work with nations without spacefaring capacity, a senior administration official told Reuters.

The pact proposes “safety zones” that would separate a country’s moon base from other countries with bases nearby and lays the groundwork for allowing ownership of mined resources.

Read More: http://www.isn-news.com/2020/05/trump-ad...ng-artemis.html (http://www.isn-news.com/2020/05/trump-ad...ng-artemis.html)

Trump is the most pro-space President in our lifetime.

Nixon, Carter, Clinton --- Bad
Reagan -- Was good, but the Challenger disaster kinda put things back
Bush I, Bush II, Obama -- Mixed bag.