Re: Ariane

From: Michael (chisel@adelphia.net)
Date: Fri Feb 02 2001 - 20:01:13 PST

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    >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
    
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