On 8/2/07, Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looking forward to the first land grap on the Moon, in defiance of
the UN space treaty. The first one with the most guns in space wins.
Why stop there? Mars beckons...
As Buzz Lightyear said, To infinity, and beyond...
On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 10:47:17AM +0530, Gautam John wrote:
... the North Pole is ours!
It's quite an audacious land grab. For the 21st century that is. Then
again, maybe not.
Looking forward to the first land grap on the Moon, in defiance of
the UN space treaty. The first one with the most
On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 12:20:13PM +0530, Gautam John wrote:
Why stop there? Mars beckons...
That's no moon... it's a fully operational space station!
Also, two seconds relativistic pingpong latency. Can't get
that on Mars.
As Buzz Lightyear said, To infinity, and beyond...
--
Eugen* Leitl
Canada's response...
This isn't the 15th century. You can't go around the world and just
plant flags and say 'We're claiming this territory', said Canadian
Foreign Minister Peter MacKay.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/canada_russia_arctic_canada_col
On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:07:42PM +0530, Gautam John wrote:
Canada's response...
This isn't the 15th century. You can't go around the world and just
plant flags and say 'We're claiming this territory', said Canadian
Of course you can. It depends on how many guns you have.
Foreign Minister
On 2 Aug 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This isn't the 15th century. You can't go around the world and just
plant flags and say 'We're claiming this territory',
No flag, no country.
-- Eddie Izzard, Dress to kill
--
Alok
Remember -- only 10% of anything can be in the top 10%.
... the North Pole is ours!
It's quite an audacious land grab. For the 21st century that is. Then
again, maybe not.
_
An expedition aimed at strengthening Russia's claim to much of the oil
and gas wealth beneath the Arctic Ocean reached the North Pole on
Wednesday, and
