Canada will be the first among all countries in the world to protect the Earth’s satellite
Crimes on the Moon will have to be paid on Earth / Photo: NASA, Collage: Today
More than 50 years ago, the astronauts of the Apollo missions left 96 bags of various waste on the surface of the Moon. Then they were not threatened with a fine, since the Earth’s satellite did not fall under the jurisdiction of any country.
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But now the situation has changed. Canada has amended its Penal Code to prosecute crimes committed by Canadian astronauts during missions to the Moon or on the surface of a satellite.
Crimes on the moon will be punished / Photo: Unsplash
Foreign astronauts who threaten the lives or safety of Canadian astronauts can also be punished under Canadian law, writes aroged.com.
The country’s penal code has already been amended to prosecute astronauts in case of crimes on board the ISS, but the current changes are related to the upcoming NASA Artemis program, which will launch the first group of people to the moon since the 1970s. Although recently NASA failed a test of a mega-rocket to conquer the moon.
By the way, some time ago, when an unguided rocket, presumably Elon Musk, was rushing to the Moon, lawyers wondered who would be responsible for the damage to the satellite. Then they came to the conclusion that liability can only occur in one case.
Source: Segodnya
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