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Lunokhod : Science Photo Library release (BBC Science News site), Image showing a model of the Soviet Lunokhod-1 Moon rover |
 Nov 27 2006, 05:15 PM
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Pic and brief description here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_...7269/html/1.stm Doesn't that red soil throw you for a bit...........? Brian -------------------- "There are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary code, and those who don't."
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Nov 28 2006, 06:15 AM
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I've listened through a long Usenet argument about the legal ownership status of man-made items left on the Moon. The gist, as I recall it, is that you can make a good case for the equipment having been abandoned, and therefore it would legal for a third party to salvage it. If the two governments (and one putative private owner) intend to make a case for ownership at some future time, I think it's incumbent upon them to make such declarations at the time of apparent abandonment.
I believe the rule is that the equipment still belongs to the respective original owners until/unless a legal attempt at salvage is made, however. Of course, this all has to do with legal matters (international ones, at that) and so I could be completely wrong...  But I believe the above is what a few lawyers came up with in that overly-long Usenet discussion.-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Nov 28 2006, 08:38 AM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Nov 28 2006, 06:15 AM)  overly-long Usenet discussion. Is there any other sort  Doug |
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SkyeLab Lunokhod : Science Photo Library release (BBC Science News site) Nov 27 2006, 05:15 PM
Phil Stooke Nice picture. I have heard the auction story befo... Nov 27 2006, 05:29 PM
ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Nov 27 2006, 09:29 A... Nov 27 2006, 07:27 PM kenny Very nice pic. That of course is a terrestrial tes... Nov 27 2006, 06:52 PM kenny Oh no you don't... they tried that before, bou... Nov 27 2006, 09:50 PM Phil Stooke I would be surprised that the Soviet (or Russian) ... Nov 28 2006, 02:01 AM SkyeLab Wikipedia has an article regarding the Lunokhod pr... Nov 28 2006, 12:51 PM Phil Stooke Other Doug's comment gave me a brilliant idea ... Nov 29 2006, 02:46 AM helvick Phil,
If you are correct about Viking 2's pos... Nov 29 2006, 08:16 AM |
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