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Written by Prof. Sam Lawler on 2025-01-17 at 17:02

Trying to psych myself up to call a journalist back for an interview about the (latest) SpaceX rocket explosion environmental disaster...

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Written by Prof. Sam Lawler on 2025-01-17 at 17:33

Interview done :)

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Written by Prof. Sam Lawler on 2025-01-18 at 16:39

Well, super rude email from an elon bro in my work email inbox, so I guess that interview must be published somewhere

Oh here it is! Yup, I totally stand by the quote the author picked for me. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/spacex-s-starship-rocket-exploded-again-elon-musk-called-it-entertainment-but-should-we-be/article_89e9d122-d513-11ef-bd3b-db191f8a4e87.html

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Written by Prof. Sam Lawler on 2025-01-19 at 18:05

I haven't heard definite reports yet on whether there was any property damage on the ground from the latest SpaceX explosion, but here's what's really wild: the US government is absolutely liable for any and all damage on the ground outside the US, for any launches from US territory, even private company launches.

Space law is weird already, and it's only going to get weirder as commercial launches push way beyond the Apollo-era Space Liability Convention and Outer Space Treaty.

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Written by xi timpin on 2025-01-19 at 18:08

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Assuming this is international rather than US law then the same will apply globally.

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