space law

Note that under the Outer Space Treaty there has been little combat in space (there has been some frequency jamming).

> On Jun 1, 2017, at 3:57 AM, sraj sraj99@... [spacesettlers] wrote:
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> No matter what laws are written on Earth, the first group of humans who are able to cut their umbilical from planet earth will write their own laws. If these group of humans are war mongering, like most humans are :-( they could even threaten planet Earth.
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> In the immediate future, since space is inimical for biological life, countries are more likely to put up massive robotic facilities in space or heavenly bodies. Some of these could be put up under the UN umbrella, others would be put up by individual nations.
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> Since humans are basically quarrelsome, will we see robot armies of individual nations fight it out in space, asserting their egos and territorial rights? Hopefully they will keep their hostilities away from planet Earth.
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> (What happened to Isaac Asimov's three laws or robotics? We see popular movies now where robots are taking pot shots at humans.)
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> Regards,
> Selvaraj
>
> On 7 May 2017 at 11:46, Al Globus alglobus@gmail.com [spacesettlers] > wrote:
> I was at a panel on space law some years ago. One of the lawyers had what I thought was the right idea.
>
> She said: Dont try to predict what law will be important or what it should be 10, 20, 30 years out. Youll almost certainly get it wrong. Make only the law that is really needed right now and allow the courts to develop case law by dealing with actual conflicts that come up not imaginary ones. This will allow the legal system to develop incrementally and with feedback (in the form of appeals and case law the legislature overturns). This approach is, in my view, much more likely to result in a useful, relevant body of law, including property rights, than imagining situations that may never occur and devising law to deal with them which, of course, will have unintended consequences we might not like.
>
> And never forget, without government near-monopoly on force there is no private property just whomever stole it last.
>
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On Jun 1, 2017, at 3:57 AM, sraj
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No matter what laws are written on Earth, the first group of humans who are able to cut their umbilical from planet earth will write their own laws. If these group of humans are war mongering, like most humans are :-( they could even threaten planet Earth.
In the immediate future, since space is inimical for biological life, countries are more likely to put up massive robotic facilities in space or heavenly bodies. Some of these could be put up under the UN umbrella, others would be put up by individual nations.
Since humans are basically quarrelsome, will we see robot armies of individual nations fight it out in space, asserting their egos and territorial rights? Hopefully they will keep their hostilities away from planet Earth.
(What happened to Isaac Asimov's three laws or robotics? We see popular movies now where robots are taking pot shots at humans.)
Regards,
Selvaraj
On 7 May 2017 at 11:46, Al Globus

alglobus@...

[spacesettlers]

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I was at a panel on space law some years ago. One of the lawyers had what I thought was the right idea.
She said: Dont try to predict what law will be important or what it should be 10, 20, 30 years out. Youll almost certainly get it wrong. Make only the law that is really needed right now and allow the courts to develop case law by dealing with actual conflicts that come up not imaginary ones. This will allow the legal system to develop incrementally and with feedback (in the form of appeals and case law the legislature overturns). This approach is, in my view, much more likely to result in a useful, relevant body of law, including property rights, than imagining situations that may never occur and devising law to deal with them which, of course, will have unintended consequences we might not like.
And never forget, without government near-monopoly on force there is no private property just whomever stole it last.
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