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[Robsoie]

Scully: Mulder, I know you love a good conspiracy theory, but I'm not sure where you're going with this one. Black holes are a scientific mystery, not a government cover-up.

Mulder: Hear me out, Scully. Think about it. Black holes challenge everything we think we know about physics. Maybe they're intentionally being kept mysterious to hide something bigger.

Scully: What exactly do you think is being hidden, Mulder? Black holes are perplexing because they push the boundaries of our understanding, not because of some elaborate cover-up.

Mulder: What if there's a whole new branch of physics that's being concealed? Imagine the implications if we could harness the power of a black hole or understand their true nature.

Scully: That sounds like science fiction, Mulder. The laws of physics as we know them are based on rigorous observation and testing. Black holes are a puzzle precisely because they challenge these laws, not because they're part of a grand conspiracy.

Mulder: But isn't it strange that we know so little about them? It's like there's a deliberate effort to keep us in the dark.

Scully: Sometimes, Mulder, the unknown is just that - unknown. It doesn't mean there's a conspiracy behind every cosmic phenomenon. Our job is to uncover the truth, not create wild theories.

Mulder: Fair point, Scully. Maybe I'm just seeing shadows where there are none. But mark my words, there's more to black holes than meets the eye.

[King Zultan]

Reminds me that I need to finish watching the X-files.

[Duuvian]

Russia proposes UN resolution on banning weapons in space, after vetoing similar UN-Japan draft

https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-arms-space-un-russia-us-japan-561ab8ae569afd7ee79789588ca34033

Spoiler: From the article (click to show/hide)

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution calling on all countries to take urgent action to prevent putting weapons in outer space “for all time” a week after it vetoed a U.S.-Japan resolution to stop an arms race in space.

The Russian draft resolution, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, goes further than the U.S.-Japan proposal, not only calling for efforts to stop weapons from being deployed in outer space but for preventing “the threat or use of force in outer space,” also “for all time.”

It says this should include deploying weapons “from space against Earth, and from Earth against objects in outer space.”

Listen. I am sort of an idiot and I don't want to be terribly useful. However isn't this kind of a good thing? Is there some very good reason that this would not be desirable?

[Starver]

A good principle, but so is the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and that hasn't entirely stopped proliferation. Plus there's always the 'accidental' dual-use of otherwise perfectly benign (or not) space hardware.

My bet is either that this is an attempt to try to curb the US's use of superior military reconnaisance hardware (by some subtle wording that includes conflict-purpose hardware rather than just full on weapons) into the ban or (more likely) it's a gambit where they get a sure diplomatic win out of the attempt (one way, they get vetoed by US and can then accurately claim that the US/whoever was 'against peace'; the other way they force support/non-opposition from their greatest rivals, which they can also bend to their advantage and dine out on for at least the foreseeable future).


I'd have to fully read the replective texts to rule out some of my other (admitedly crazier) ideas as to "why them, why now?"