China about to land probe on Moon.

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by gtfpv

i vaguely remember some treaty being agreed to that no humans would be able to claim any rights on the moon though . cant remember where i read that .

I recall some treaty signed in the late 60's to that effect, I would say accelerated by the US and/or Russia making sure the other didn't claim the moon as their soil during their space race.

If you work out a way to mine the moon, what you bring back is all yours, though.

[Madaya]

Wikipedia has an article about the Outer Space Treaty...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

[OzJavelin]

Originally Posted by jpblue1000

fair enough...I wonder how many parts on the space shuttles or russian rockets were actually made in China

JP

Doubt anything on a SaturnV/Apollo configuration was made in China 44 years ago when the Americans sent (and returned) men to the moon.

I'm impressed with the Chinese political will to explore space .. Im not impressed with their "tech". They've had access to decades of other countries work ...