4 ms·

I'm curious about laws in this case. Is there 'jurisdiction' in space? Or is it just whoever is there can decide what they want to do.

mjevans 6y ago
I am not a lawyer; but the saying is something like... "possession is nine tenths of the law". This is much easier right now since currently JAXA possesses the un-deployed satellite.
- vmception 6y ago
  I checked the article to reach that conclusion too, I was actually hoping it was more like space piracy where they captured the satellite and took it onboard. that would have been really fascinating!
- Rapzid 6y ago
  Myanmar: That's not your satellite. Japan: That's not your government.
jandrese 6y ago
It's a diplomatic situation. The countries will have to negotiate the use of the equipment. I can completely understand the Japanese University not wanting the equipment to be used to further a genocide.
- dylan604 6y ago
  What if they go ahead an launch it, but accidently miscalculate the orbit so it encounters a premature re-entry?
  - samus 6y ago
    Everybody would know what they did. They could just as well toss it out right now. People are not stupid.
    - dylan604 6y ago
      We spent moeny to send a lawn dart to Mars because feet/meters were confused by some very smart people with lots and lots of oversight. Mistakes happen. Some are more expensive to learn and more embarassing than others. Malice is not required.
- 99_00 6y ago
  The genocide started in 2017. The Junta sized power in 2021.
  - lostlogin 6y ago
    Yup, and do you think that the persecution has stopped? The genocide which started in 2017 began with the military. That military has just overthrown their government (which itself denied the genocide). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide
    - 99_00 6y ago
      >do you think that the persecution has stopped? No I don't. What's your point? If aiding genocide was a concern Japan would have stopped development of the satellite at any point during the last 5 years.
      - simonh 6y ago
        The Myanmar military could pretty much do what it wanted in terms of military activities, but while Myanmar had an elected civilian government it was arguably reasonable to accept assurances that a civilian education institution was free of military interference. However now that this institution is controlled and run by a military government that is clearly not a reasonable assumption.
slim 6y ago
there are no juridictions outside (most) lands. these kind of issues are generally setteled by international treaties if possible, or else arbitration courts
thaeli 6y ago
The legal framework for space is primarily laid out in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty Article VI is most relevant to your question; here's a law review article summarizing some of the issues: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1068&context=spacelaw https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1...

mjevans 6y ago

I am not a lawyer; but the saying is something like... "possession is nine tenths of the law". This is much easier right now since currently JAXA possesses the un-deployed satellite.

vmception 6y ago
I checked the article to reach that conclusion too, I was actually hoping it was more like space piracy where they captured the satellite and took it onboard. that would have been really fascinating!
Rapzid 6y ago
Myanmar: That's not your satellite. Japan: That's not your government.

jandrese 6y ago

It's a diplomatic situation. The countries will have to negotiate the use of the equipment. I can completely understand the Japanese University not wanting the equipment to be used to further a genocide.

dylan604 6y ago
What if they go ahead an launch it, but accidently miscalculate the orbit so it encounters a premature re-entry?
- samus 6y ago
  Everybody would know what they did. They could just as well toss it out right now. People are not stupid.
  - dylan604 6y ago
    We spent moeny to send a lawn dart to Mars because feet/meters were confused by some very smart people with lots and lots of oversight. Mistakes happen. Some are more expensive to learn and more embarassing than others. Malice is not required.
99_00 6y ago
The genocide started in 2017. The Junta sized power in 2021.
- lostlogin 6y ago
  Yup, and do you think that the persecution has stopped? The genocide which started in 2017 began with the military. That military has just overthrown their government (which itself denied the genocide). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide
  - 99_00 6y ago
    >do you think that the persecution has stopped? No I don't. What's your point? If aiding genocide was a concern Japan would have stopped development of the satellite at any point during the last 5 years.
    - simonh 6y ago
      The Myanmar military could pretty much do what it wanted in terms of military activities, but while Myanmar had an elected civilian government it was arguably reasonable to accept assurances that a civilian education institution was free of military interference. However now that this institution is controlled and run by a military government that is clearly not a reasonable assumption.

slim 6y ago

there are no juridictions outside (most) lands. these kind of issues are generally setteled by international treaties if possible, or else arbitration courts

thaeli 6y ago

The legal framework for space is primarily laid out in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty Article VI is most relevant to your question; here's a law review article summarizing some of the issues: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1068&context=spacelaw https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1...