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The government of Mexico announced Dec. 9 that it is signing the U.S.-led Artemis Accords outlining best practices for space exploration.
Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, Mexico's secretary of foreign relations, announced that Mexico would become the fourteenth country to sign the Artemis Accords, a document addressing various issues regarding safe and sustainable space exploration, many of which are directly tied to the Outer Space Treaty and other international accords.
In a statement, Ebrard said Mexico looked forward to participating in NASA's Artemis program of lunar exploration, but did not disclose details regarding the role he thought the country would play in the effort. He said that, during the Apollo program a half century ago, "we were spectators, now we are going to be participants. It is a great step for Mexico."
[...] NASA announced the Artemis Accords in October 2020 with an initial group of eight signatories. Five others later joined before Mexico, most recently Poland [on] Oct. 26. The countries who have signed include both traditional partners of the United States in space, such as Canada, Japan and several European nations, as well as emerging space nations like Brazil, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Monday December 13 2021, @10:26AM (10 children)
Unless the US plans to legally ship underpaid Mexican workers to orbital factories, I fail to see how any of this makes any sense or amounts to anything for Mexico.
I have a feeling it's another one of those silly "space agreements" that let nations that can't make their population believe they're involved in the game somehow. Hint: the Mexican space program is not as advanced as the US' - which itself isn't as advanced as Russia's anymore either.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 13 2021, @11:33AM (3 children)
Russia, more advanced? Who drilled the hole in the ISS?
(Score: 2) by Mojibake Tengu on Monday December 13 2021, @12:53PM (2 children)
That one woke murrican bitch Serena Auñón-Chancellor did this very sabotage.
Rust programming language offends both my Intelligence and my Spirit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 13 2021, @01:11PM (1 child)
No, it was a Russian technician who had one bottle too much vodka on the job. Thanks for playing, Ivan.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 13 2021, @02:41PM
It's OK. Nothing some J-B Weld couldn't fix.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 13 2021, @12:34PM (3 children)
It's going to work just like Mexico's "assistance" in World War 2. American men go to space, Mexican men come to USA and fuck the American women.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 13 2021, @07:32PM
Protip: the clitoris is found on terra, unless you bring your wife with you but then your bigotry is only left with misogyny and that is rarely an aphrodesiac.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 14 2021, @01:05AM (1 child)
Zoom Suit Riots? [history.com]
(Score: 2) by driverless on Tuesday December 14 2021, @07:32AM
Not wanting to defend the rioters, but have you seen a zoot suit? It looks like something someone bought from War on Want that was eight sizes too big for them and smelled of mothballs, I can see someone getting beaten up for crimes against fashion and/or smell for wearing one of those things.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday December 13 2021, @01:06PM
I think you have Russia's present day space program confused with its past space program. NASA has weathered that better, probably because of SpaceX and a huge tax revenue stream.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 13 2021, @03:08PM
NASA told them they found cocaine on the moon. The Cartel Space Program is ready to start mining, NASA offered assistance in getting them into orbit but the cartel turned them down as they claim to have all the expertise they need to get people high.