Should The Pros And Cons Of The Outer Space Treaty
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I do believe the Outer Space Treaty (OST) of 1967 has seen its time and is due for a revision. This is because of outdated Articles like Article 1. This article goes directly against the current U.S. Space Policy by not allowing the private companies to exploit space for valuable resources for profit. It is no wonder why it has been difficult to gain popularity within the private space industry with outdated documents like this. Another part of this article is the assumption that all nations have equal abilities to gain access to space, which they are not. So why should the countries that pay to get there provide the fruits of labor to others that did nothing? The fact that the Moon Agreement of 1979 has similar verbiage in it as