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The implication here is that the US NOAA has jurisdiction over the entire Earth, or is sovereign over any extra-terrestrial camera that might be floating over i
by schmookeeg 9y ago
The implication here is that the US NOAA has jurisdiction over the entire Earth, or is sovereign over any extra-terrestrial camera that might be floating over it?
Ludicrous and arrogant. My country's bureaucrats are just the worst sometimes.
- petre 9y agoIsn't space like international waters from a legal POV?
- acct1771 9y agoWhen you have the biggest guns, and show willingness to roll them out, anything is whatever you say it is. See: the UN.
- petre 9y agoThe UN only has peace keeping operations. They don't shoot unless shot at to defend themselves. A friend worked at the UN, he told me rebels were stealing their food supplies and they could not do much about it.
- acct1771 9y agoI was referring to the US dictating UN policy. And not following it themselves, when convenient not to.