So I found this link earlier, and it brings up a good question, who really does own the mood?

Well no-one really right? the outer-space treaty makes sure that no celestial body can be owned by a single nation. Sure thats all good and well, but the treaty was setup in the 1960’s, over 40 years ago now. (41 to be right), How many countries do you think are gonna go “This is my piece of the moon!” and then annoy someone down here by doing that? *coughs* America for one I know will breech this treaty.

I mean, they’ll use the old “We had our flag there first” trick, frankly im quite looking forward to seeing in the next ten years weather or not American did actually land on the moon, only time will tell eh!

But anyway I digress, I dont know how this is going to be policed really, whos to say everyones gonna get on well up there? We cant even get our problems down here sorted, so taking religion and politics into space is going to be yet another battlefield of ideology and the foolish futility of it all really isnt it.

But I guess thats what really concerns me, as a man of science, I try to keep my mind in the most positive frame when thinking of ‘whats really out there?’ but when I think of who its going to be down to… (The US and its allies) I dont really want them to go further than we’ve already been, I dont want to see our race begin to infest and destroy the beauty that is our universe… but at the same time, im far to compelled to see how much really is out there, from quazars and faster than light travel, to new elements and molecules that could bridge huge technological gaps for the human race back here on Earth.

One thing is for certain, total human unification is needed before we send anything deep into space to help the good of mankind, no “Its an American find” or “Its a Russian find!” *war* it should be a “Its a great find, for the good of mankind”… and I hope everyone agrees, because up there… nationalism really does mean squat.