"Robert Bonomi" wrote in message
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Foreign? Uh-uh. Soon as that footpad touched down, it was U.S. soil by
historical custom.

Well, *except* for the fact that the U.S. government was already a
signatory
to an international treaty _disclaiming_ any such claims of territorial
ownership "in space".

Details, details. I got the big picture when I saw the Stars and Stripes
rippling in the Solar Wind there on the Mare. Hmm.... there's a song in that
somewhere. . .

Rich "It's up to the lawyers now" S.