Moon and other celestial bodies are fully demilitarized; other stuff (orbit etc) in space prohibit nuclear weapons or other mass destruction weapons can be used Dropping nuclear heads from space take very little time, so if it's a technical mistake you cannot stop it. Usual missiles take more time, 10-20 minutes. Moon and other celestial bodies used exclusively for peaceful purposes Astronauts are regarded as the envoys of mankind; Principle from the agreement on the rescue of astronauts, the reutn of astronauts and the return of object launched in space All states are obliged to help astronauts and return their objects if they land on their territory. Space objects are quasi-territory of the state. Astronauts are under the sovereignty of the ship where it was registered. If Estonian astronaut is in a US space ship, he is under the sovereignty of US
Okumura was still typing. His fingers struggled with the keys as torpedoes capsized Oklahoma, as bombs sank West Virginia, as 1,000 men died in the searing inferno of Arizona. At 1:50 p.m. Washington time, 25 minutes after the attack had started, he reached the end of his typing marathon. The two ambassadors, who were waiting in the vestibule, started for the State Department as soon as it was handed to them. The Japanese envoys arrived at the Department at 2:05 and went to the diplomatic waiting room [Hull wrote]. At almost that moment the President telephoned me from the White House. His voice was steady but clipped. He said, "There's a report that the Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor." "Has the report been confirmed?" I asked. He said, "No." While each of us indicated his belief that the report was probably true, I suggested that he have it confirmed, having in mind my