>Matson, Robert wrote: >> > > >> Please, good people, there's no cause for an international >> incident. Why is everyone so sensitive all of a sudden? >> Ralph was simply offering an example in the interest of >> understanding who builds what, who owns what, and who's >> responsible for what. No one is suggesting that ArianeSpace >> or ESA or anyone else is more likely to drop space debris >> in someone's backyard than the U.S., Chinese or Russians. > >It is noteworthy that there exists a Convention on International >Liability for Damage Caused by Space Object prepared under the auspices >of U.N.O., which was signed and/or ratified by many countries, including >e.g. Russian Federation, U.S.A, China, France and other "space powers". >The liability is derived from the ownership of a space object, causing >the damage. Therefore the question about ownership (also for >non-functional objects as launcher stages) is in this sense very >important. The very next time space debris actually hits anyone or anything and causes damage, and the Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects is responsible for a decision, I will agree that ownership is important. Michael diLorenzo Close Enough To The Adirondacks, NY ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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