Re: UARS or any debris

From: fvalcho@yahoo.com
Date: Sat Sep 24 2011 - 19:17:25 UTC

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    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.
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    From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl>
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    Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:45:29 
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    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
    
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