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Re: Transit Time to Mars
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 31 Dec 1999 05:45:14 GMT
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Nephilim wrote:
> Detonating nuclear weapons in space was prohibited by the Limited
> Test Ban Treaty of 1963, which banned detonating nuclear devices
> in the air, in the ocean, or in space.
Not to be nitpicky here, and I haven't bothered to look it up, but is it
it possible that this treaty doesn't apply for either of the following
two charmingly definitional loopholes?
1. The treaty bans weapons usage in these spheres. A drive, when used
for propulsion, is not covered by the ban since it is not a weapon,
unless it is not being used for propulsion.
OR (and this one is my fave)
2. the treaty bans testing in these spheres. If what is being done is
operating a drive for the purposes of going somewhere, that's not a
test. Testing implies non usefulness.
Prolly not but hey, who can say?
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| (...) not (...) Detonating nuclear weapons in space was prohibited by the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963, which banned detonating nuclear devices in the air, in the ocean, or in space. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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