Which appears to be 98 countries ratified and 27 others signed but not yet ratified. That leaves about 2 countries in S.America, 1 in central America, about half of Africa, and a few spots in Europe. Not much of a chance of "keeping" anything. So if I lived in a non-treaty country, found debris, and sold it on e-bay to a person in Treaty signed nation - then what? Give it up, if I understand the Agreement. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl> Sender: seesat-l-bounces+fvalcho=yahoo.com@satobs.org Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:45:29 To: satelliet lijst (SeeSat)<SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Reply-To: marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl Subject: Re: UARS or any debris Op 24-9-2011 18:42, Kevin L. Walton schreef: > Finders not keepers > http://www.space.com/13064-falling-satellite-debris-uars-nasa-property.html > > "Because this is a U.S. government satellite, any object that does reach the > surface of the Earth, should it be found, is still the property of the > United States," said Nick Johnson, chief scientist of NASA's Orbital Debris > Program Office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. "You do not have the > luxury of trying to sell it on eBay." That is: if the country you live in signed the UN Outer Space Treaty of 1967. If it didn't, it's yours. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com Twitter: @Marco_Langbroek ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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