At 8:31 PM -1000 7/11/01, Reese wrote:
I doubt it, or it would already be a dead issue.
Sure. Things happen instantaneously. Oz is all powerful.
For several decades the U.S. (and presumably Russia/FSU) has convinced the nations of the world that fees need not be paid to India, Botswana, and Shakedownistan just because U.S. satellites pass overhead. If L.A. is able to shake down Hughes for some tax to be distributed to the welfare bums and crack hoes, then Botswana and Shakedownistan will be next in line.
They aren't talking about rotating satellites though, they are talking about geostationary ones, ones that hover over CA,
None of them hover _over_ CA. Physically impossible. The Clarke Belt is well-defined. Look into it.
or are property that is administered from CA - not quite the same thing as passing overhead, or every airline would end up owing to every nation and state it flies over _for the act of flying over_ also.
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