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National Security & Defense

elleng

(130,875 posts) Sat Nov 27, 2021, 07:26 PM Nov 2021

The Outer Space Treaty - first signed in 1967 - bans nations from claiming celestial bodies

or using nuclear weapons in space. From the start, spacefaring nations have made sure that space exploration is peaceful, cooperative, and for the benefit of humanity.

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