Becoming a multi-planet species

Can laws make such a big difference?

Selvaraj

On 9 May 2017 at 08:11, sraj wrote:

> Law is a difficult subject. How come the Chinese blew up their own
> satellite in orbit, evidently they did not realise the full implications.
> People with engineering background should also be involved in creating laws.
>
> Eventually laws do not solve all problems in the absence of good will, and
> lack of commonsense. In practical terms we are no longer inhabitants of
> China, USA, Iraq, India, Nauru, Pakistan .... we are inhabitants of planet
> earth.
>
> ... With so many nuclear armed nations and so much money spent on
> defending ourselves from one another, Space could become a pie dream.
>
> Lawyers need to wake up.
>
> Regards,
> Selvaraj
>
> On 8 May 2017 at 15:08, Andy Nimmo andynimmo@... [spacesettlers] <
> spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> This is not correct. Article II of the Outer Space Treaty says: ""Outer
>> space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to
>> national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or
>> occupation, or by any other means." Article VI says: "States Parties to the
>> Treaty shall bear
>> international responsibility for national activities in outer space,
>> including the moon and other celestial bodies, whether such activities are
>> carried on by governmental agencies or by non-governmental entities, and
>> for assuring that national activities are carried out in conformity with
>> the provisions set forth in the present Treaty. The activities of
>> non-governmental entities in outer space, including the moon and other
>> celestial bodies, shall require authorization and continuing supervision by
>> the appropriate State Party to the Treaty. When activities are carried on
>> in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, by an
>> international organization, responsibility for compliance with this Treaty
>> shall be borne both by the international organization and by the States
>> Parties to the Treaty participating in such organization. This can be
>> interpreted by lawyers as meaning nobody can own anything in our solar
>> system above Geosynchronous Orbit for which there are differing laws.
>>
>>
>>
>

Selvaraj
On 9 May 2017 at 08:11, sraj
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sraj99@...
>
Law is a difficult subject. How come the Chinese blew up their own satellite in orbit, evidently they did not realise the full implications. People with engineering background should also be involved in creating laws.
Eventually laws do not solve all problems in the absence of good will, and lack of commonsense. In practical terms we are no longer inhabitants of China, USA, Iraq, India, Nauru, Pakistan .... we are inhabitants of planet earth.
... With so many nuclear armed nations and so much money spent on defending ourselves from one another, Space could become a pie dream.
Lawyers need to wake up.
Regards,
Selvaraj
On 8 May 2017 at 15:08, Andy Nimmo
andynimmo@...
[spacesettlers]
<
spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
>

This is not correct. Article II of the Outer Space Treaty says: "
"Outer space,including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to nationalappropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by anyother means." Article VI says: "States Parties to the Treaty shall bear
international responsibility for national activitiesin outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, whether suchactivities are carried on by governmental agencies or by non-governmentalentities, and for assuring that national activities are carried out inconformity with the provisions set forth in the present Treaty. The activitiesof non-governmental entities in outer space, including the moon and othercelestial bodies, shall require authorization and continuing supervision by theappropriate State Party to the Treaty. When activities are carried on in outerspace, including the moon and other celestial bodies, by an internationalorganization, responsibility for compliance with this Treaty shall be borneboth by the international organization and by the States Parties to the Treatyparticipating in such organization. This can be interpreted by lawyers as meaning nobody can own anything in our solar system above Geosynchronous Orbit for which there are differing laws.