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defrogITEM: A course on law and the legal system in space will be included as an option for students starting at Sunderland University in the UK in September.
This isn’t a bad idea, if only because President Junior Bush once unilaterally declared the universe to be the default property and jurisdiction of the United States Of America. Yes, I know, Bush said a lot of things that probably sounded good to him at the time. But you know as well as I do that some US president in the near future is going to invoke that claim the moment China, Russia or India manages to put someone on the moon.
So it’d be good to start having some thought exercises now on who has the right to go into space. Because otherwise, you know how this is going to end.
This solar system ain’t big enough for the two of us,
This is dF
Topics already arising in the field include gaps in health and safety for potential space tourists, and damage to satellites from other objects orbiting the Earth. Looking further ahead, some lawyers have raised questions about land titles on the moon or other planets.
This isn’t a bad idea, if only because President Junior Bush once unilaterally declared the universe to be the default property and jurisdiction of the United States Of America. Yes, I know, Bush said a lot of things that probably sounded good to him at the time. But you know as well as I do that some US president in the near future is going to invoke that claim the moment China, Russia or India manages to put someone on the moon.
So it’d be good to start having some thought exercises now on who has the right to go into space. Because otherwise, you know how this is going to end.
This solar system ain’t big enough for the two of us,
This is dF
