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by whom? the FCC. i live in switzerland, does USA own LEO?
by immmmmm 6y ago
by whom? the FCC. i live in switzerland, does USA own LEO?
- fabiospampinato 6y agoIt doesn't work like that, "owning" and human laws in general are kind of a fantasy, to make an absurd hypothetical scenario to illustrate this: imagine the aliens landed on Earth, would you say they should first get a permit to anchor their spaceship somewhere before doing that? At the end of the day words on paper don't matter much, if Switzerland shoots those satellites down they could be deleted from the world map with some nukes, who has the power decides.
- jhayward 6y agoUnder the International Treaty for Outer Space, each signatory nation is responsible for regulating that activity of those operating from within their territory. Switzerland signed the treat in 1967 [1] So that's all as it should be, and Switzerland agrees that the mechanism of regulation is the operant one. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty#Responsibility_for_activities_in_space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty#Responsibil...
- cbozeman 6y agoWhoever has power and the inclination to enforce their will upon others decides everything, period. This whole fantasy of "rights" that people like to engage in is just that - a fantasy. The best you can hope for is that the strongest is also a benevolent philosopher king.
- bombcar 6y agoEffectively? Yes. Not in a “we can prevent anything we want” but a “we can do whatever we want” way.