A simple understanding should enlighten us that space is a global common asset as there are no boundaries or borders fixed.The way nations are using space and atmosphere for telecommunication is a good example to substantiate this view.So is the case with the oxygen we breath in, which is not a monopoly of any one nation and is charged.Just as nations are able to park satellites in the respective slots to carry on specific tasks, so should the case be with exploration of resources be it on moon or any other celestial bodies.The most important resource such as water, let alone Helium3 and rare earths, assumed abundant on moon, is becoming scarce on earth and if the prediction of scientists is to go by, future wars may be for this natural resource.
Take for instance, the ever increasing scarcity of water ! Imagine the huge ice clusters on moon being in the clutches of a few greedy and trying to exploit the needy.People compelled to die out of even dehydration may not be ruled out.Though it looks like a “hydrological warfare”-a sci fi theme now, let us not forget that many many seeds of fiction have blossomed in to fruits of facts.
Take for instance, the ever increasing scarcity of water ! Imagine the huge ice clusters on moon being in the clutches of a few greedy and trying to exploit the needy.People compelled to die out of even dehydration may not be ruled out.Though it looks like a “hydrological warfare”-a sci fi theme now, let us not forget that many many seeds of fiction have blossomed in to fruits of facts.
So all these call for a greater caution on the part of nations and there is a larger role to be played by the UN in framing a valid treaty and to see that nations abide by that with regard to taking advantage of any extra terrestrial explorations.
Over to reader !
Over to reader !
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