lawyer physics (was taxing satellites)

Ken Brown k.brown at ccs.bbk.ac.uk
Tue Jul 17 04:34:16 PDT 2001


> More importantly: you can't get sued if your space debris trashes someone
> else's  mission.

A piece of law that will have to be re-assessed if there ever are any
space colonists, or serious productive industry in LEO.  You really
wouldn't want to live somewhere where anyone who "accidentally"
evacuates all the air from your house has no legal liability.

Ken





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