NationStates Jolt Archive


Vote against ISI

02-10-2003, 21:15
the name says it all. I support this bill and all but a united space front I meen c'mon Neil Armstrong would have never landed on the moon if it werent for the race between Russia and the U.S. to land a man on the moon by the end of the 60's. Countries should have their own Space agencies. To have an International Space Agency would be like destroying a lot of ideals and Commitments that have to do with free independent Space agencies
Nolanavia
02-10-2003, 22:57
It's not about whether or not nations should have their own space programs. It's a matter of a small number of UN members, once again, trying to dictate to member nations how to run their business -- in this case education and national defense. These are matters of national sovereignty, and that is a cookie jar the UN needs to keep it's grubby, fat fingers out of.

There are other ways to handle space exploration on an international level that does not require you to educate your children according to UN dictates, or to share your national security secrets with all UN members (even those who may be your enemies!).

Vote against the ISI.
Cotswold Morris
02-10-2003, 23:20
I quite agree. We are not members of the UN for a common space, defence or educational policy. We are not members for the erosion of national sovereignty.
Voting against should be the best option for this resolution.
Qaaolchoura
02-10-2003, 23:52
It does not actually demand that other nations' space agencies be disbanded, only that we share all of our tech. Fine with me.

It leaves enough of a loophole that even if it is what they intended I can still wriggle out of it.
03-10-2003, 00:02
He is correct. ISI proposes an international space initiative that is completely separate from member nations' individual space programs.