Re: Who can tax a satellite?

At 08:58 AM 7/11/01 -0700, mmotyka@lsil.com wrote:

I suppose, as with any racket, whoever has the ability to knock the satellites down or render them inoperable could levy a "tax" on them.

Heh, right on. But some dingleberry in LA is not about to violate an international space treaty without *really* needing the publicity. The treaty that says you don't fight in space. (Yes, I know its toast when next the US needs to perform a little orbital cleansing.) Besides, when multiple gangs see an untaxed (but coercable) resource, they'll fight amongst themselves first for the territory.