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There are no consequences beyond being frowned upon it looks like. One of the perks of being a super power I guess?

• JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > perks of being a super power China is a regional power vying for superpower status. To memory, nobody has ever been punished for fucking up launch and recovery. (EDIT: I stand corrected!)
  • MichaelCollins 4y ago
    > To memory, nobody has ever been punished for fucking up launch and recovery. Canada once fined the Soviet Union six million dollars for crashing a satellite containing a nuclear reactor into northern Canada. The Soviets paid out three million. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_954 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_954
    • ethbr0 4y ago
      To be fair, that instance was a crash of 50 kg of U-235, if which only 0.5 kg was recovered. Apparently the controlling international instrument is the Space Liability Convention (1972) [0]. Ratified by the US, Russia, China, India, Europe, et al. The only catch is you have to get your government to initiate a claim against the responsible government. E.g. Ivory Coast bringing a claim against China. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Liability_Convention https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Liability_Convention
    • 77pt77 4y ago
      I'm completely surprised they paid anything, let alone half!
• publicola1990 4y ago
  If there is any damage due to debris, they will be liabale under the Space Liability Convention 1972 to which they are signatory to. That will be the consequence. Both USSR and US had in the past pay out due to this convention in the past. USSR for debris from a Kosmos impacting Canada, and US for Skylab fragments impacting Australia.