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If a crime is committed in space... [Feb. 10th, 2007|12:41 pm]
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NPR had Glenn Reynolds, author of Outer Space: Problems of Law and Policy on.

Interestingly enough, if a crime is committed aboard the International Space Station, prosecution would depend on which module the crime occurred in, who committed it and whom it was committed against.

A spacewalking astronaut also qualifies as a "spacecraft" under maritime law. So, an attack on a U.S. spacewalking astronaut would fall under U.S. law.

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