Asri-unix.1280 net.space utzoo!decvax!cca!DIETZ@USC-ECL@sri-unix Thu Apr 22 07:16:42 1982 Outer Space Treaty From: Paul Dietz Indeed, The US and Russia have signed the outer space treaty, which prohibits weapons of mass destruction in space or on planets. It does not prohibit nuclear power plants (remember that russian reactor that hit Canada?), but does prohibit even 'peaceful' nuclear explosives so project Orion type rockets are forbidden. ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.