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Gari_305 OP t1_j06qkog wrote

From the Article

>The relevance and importance of the accords is also growing, she said, as more and more countries plan lunar exploration activities. Especially relevant are the accords’ provisions on “deconfliction of activities” in space beyond the Earth’s orbit and setting up “safety zones” around operations.
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>Melroy explained that a NASA study last fall found that “within the next four years, the global community is likely to launch at least 22 lunar surface missions, half of which will occur in the Moon’s south polar region.”

Which leads to an important question, given the fact that the lunar missions will occur in the next four years due to the exploration of minerals namely Helium 3, is it possible for nations to avoid space conflict, or are we doomed to repeat the many conflicts that occurred during the age of exploration roughly 500 years ago, only this time in space?

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nova9001 t1_j07sx6o wrote

I think 2nd option is more likely. America wants everyone to play by their rules and their allies comply because they are reliant on America. China doesn't want or needs to do that. They are going to chart their own path and that's going to lead to conflict down the road.

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poulmavinger t1_j08cnv8 wrote

America can still crush China, its just bad for the bottom line so they don't. There's a reason America ended chip manufacturing in China. Things are escalating and China still can't match America's advanced military.

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nova9001 t1_j08fy0t wrote

No doubt America still has a lead in many areas especially tech related. The problem is the gap is closing and why America is trying to pull chip manufacturing back to US.

For the US military, with a budget of almost $800bn/yr, nothing on earth can match them. Its just pure budget differences.

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