I hate how "certain people" act like they own outer space. iin?
I don't like how some governments and certain organizations act like they own outer space!
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Avant-Garde
I hate it too. I especially hate how there's an embargo on the truth. I hate how some people believe that "WE" are the only intelligent life or life in general in the entire universe. Its absolutely ridiculous.
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dom180
How are they acting like they own outer space? Examples would be appreciated.
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-The "Space Race"
-Getting all hyper if private companies/citizens want to go into space (part of it is safety, I know, BUT a lot of it is fear over not being in complete control over what happens in space)
-Demoting Pluto (YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!)
-Naming planets and other celestial bodies without even asking the public's opinion
-Putting flags on the moon
-"Space Law" is total BULLSHIT and it pisses me off!!
It even declares "No one nation may claim ownership of outer space or any celestial body" Hey, pal, who are you to say that? And by saying that you are telling what others can and can't do in space which is wrong. Furthermore, do you really think even the most upstanding nation would abide by that were a celestial body to become a hot commodity? Oh, aaaand some ownership is taken when certain agencies get ALL the privilege to make up all of the official names for space stuff.
I could go on....
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dom180
The space race was a race to get to space, not a race to own space. It was all domestic politics, trying to prove who had the best technology. If it was to do with capturing territory the US and Russia would have shot down each other's space crafts.
There are loads of private space travel companies being set up. Here's a long list of them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_private_spaceflight_companies As far as I'm aware, governments aren't that interested in stopping private companies going into space.
Scientists chose to reclassify Pluto based on evidence, not governments or private companies. I fail to see how reclassifying something is a sign of ownership though - scientists reclassify things all the time as we learn more about them. It hardly means we think we own them.
In the same vein, new species are named all the time without "asking the public". Naming it doesn't mean they think they own the species. It's the same with planets; just because they name it doesn't mean they think they own it. Anyway, how could you even ask the public? Spend billions of pounds balloting every person on Earth just over a superficial name? What a waste of money.
Putting flags on the moon doesn't mean anything practically. It's just a fun, meaningless display of nationalism.
There's nothing wrong with telling people what they can and cannot do in space. Part of Space Law says that you can't have weapons of mass destruction in space, and I fail to see why anyone would think that law isn't necessary.
Nations may or may not abide by it, and the fact is it probably will happen. They plan to start asteroid mining by 2023: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_mining#Proposed_mining_projects If we do it it will be because it's necessary to, and there's nothing wrong with that isn't also wrong with mining on Earth.
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Maggie2000
What utter nonsense, get your facts straight!
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Anonymous Post Author
That is a poor response. Everything I stated came from facts. I formed a different opinion than Dom based on the same facts. I am not alone in my opinions and neither is Dom. I've probably invested a lot more time reading and thinking on this subject than Dom. Well, maybe. I KNOW for a fact I am much older than Dom and I lived through a ton more pivotal "space shit" than he did. I have basis for what I say.
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InsaneSatire
I'd say it was pretty annoying, but in the end, whoever owns the rockets get to say who goes up. Whether that's the government or private companies.
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Larrybird
I bought the deed yesterday i officially own outer space and all the mexicans that lve in it we are talking abiut mexico right
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