January 2011
7 posts
“There was a young woman named Bright
Whose speed was much faster than light....”
– Geri Taran
In an experimental legal case, Eros [a near-earth asteroid] was claimed as property by Gregory W. Nemitz of OrbDev. According to the Homestead principle, Nemitz argued that he had the right to claim ownership of any celestial body that he made use of; he claimed he had designated Eros a spacecraft parking facility and wished to charge NASA a parking and storage fee of twenty cents per year for...