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Not really for this one incident, but you don't really want to set a precedent if anything bigger ever happens. A spacefaring nation doesn't want to establish
by vikingerik 3y ago
Not really for this one incident, but you don't really want to set a precedent if anything bigger ever happens. A spacefaring nation doesn't want to establish the idea it could owe financial liability for it to someone else.
- robocat 3y ago> don't really want to set a precedent Or sensibly they want to set the precedent that AU$400 is the appropriate amount!
- wkat4242 3y agoWell Russia did eventually pay Canada the cleanup bill for the nuclear pollution of Kosmos-954. Precedent is already there. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_954 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_954 And as the article says, states are already obligated to do so under the outer space treaty.