Comments by "TJ Marx" (@tjmarx) on "Lunar disaster: Russia’s first moon mission in decades crashes" video.
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Imagine trying to suggest that because something went wrong in orbit calculations on a single mission, Roscosmos is somehow no longer a major player or leader in space exploration. 😂 How can Cathy sit there with a straight face and say such dribble?
There are already a large set of international rules (such as the UNOOSA) to govern how space and the moon are utilised. If anyone in the CH4 production team had even done a cursory web search they'd have found the relevant treaties so Cathy wouldn't have asked about a need for governance and lost all credibility in the interview.
Of course Yankville want to impose greater rules on space that favour themselves. So do China. Neither will sign up to the other.
The only apt and interesting point Prof Falco had on this matter, was the entry of private corporations into space and exploration. Space and the moon are considered the similar to international waters. Whilst existing countries can't claim territory in space or the moon, and you can't purchase such territory either, what is important to understand is that just like in international waters nothing is stopping a third party non-governmental entity from creating a new claimed sovereign state. Private corporations heading into space are by no means limited to those from Yankville. There are private corps doing this activity in Russia, China, India, Japan, Germany, the UK, S. Korea, Australia, Brazil, France and Yankville.
The race to the lunar south pole is about resources. H3 to be specific. At an estimated USD value of $1.14T per ton, a regular supply of H3 would solve nuclear fusion and the clean energy problem. Whoever controls that supply gets a big seat at the big boy table. It's why everyone is going back to the moon.
Hindu extremist India controlling that would be a huge upset to the world order. But a private corporation holding that power would end the world order altogether.
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