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> 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
by 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 agoTo 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 agoI'm completely surprised they paid anything, let alone half!