Look up, way up.

I'm off for a bit, maybe just today, from the robot thing because I just found out that on this day in 1967, the Outer Space Treaty was brought into force. Thank heaven. Originally just the US, USSR and and the UK signed on, odd since the latter hasn't had too many space shots that I can see. Whats even odder is that to date there are nearly a hundred countries that are party to the treaty.

Claiming to be the "law" when it comes to space, this treaty lays out what you can and can't do up there. No nukes are allowed, and definetly none on the moon (or any other object for that matter). Same goes for any other kinds of weapons, however the law is surprisingly fuzzy around laser technology, suggesting there could be peaceful uses for mind frazzling death rays.

Just to ease my mind, I did some snooping and found a copy of the treaty. Some of the countries that signed it include: The Holy See, Luxembourg, the Seychelles and mighty space explorers, the Swiss.