karl200 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 If you were to commit a crime in space could you be arrested on earth for it??? Different law in different countries but what about space?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Swan Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 I think youd be ok. What crime did you have in mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl200 Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 Murder was the option that was gave to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarmOKnee Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 How will you get the victim to follow you up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beanfeast Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 What if the cold war broke out again, USA v Russia and they stopped speaking to each other and tried to get each others secrets. The Americans and Russians on the space station would have to keep to their own ends of the craft. What if a Russian went and nicked an American notepad whilst they weren't looking, would the Russian be tried under American, Russian or space law!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl200 Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 we built a space vehicle and went into space, there he got annoying so I murdered him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl200 Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 ah but its a international space station or craft,(if you were meaning that) so by that it would still have laws upon it. Weather the war would make a difference to it i dont know but it would be at a guess a neutral station from that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 generally speaking, the legal jurisdiction of the module in which the crime was committed would be determined by it's national flag. but there is also the IISL (international institute of space law). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarmOKnee Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 we built a space vehicle and went into space, there he got annoying so I murdered him. Oh right. What did you do with the body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl200 Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 generally speaking, the legal jurisdiction of the module in which the crime was committed would be determined by it's national flag. but there is also the IISL (international institute of space law). is that the law for all space crafts or just the ones under nasa etc. if you had your own space craft and did it there could they still use the IISL ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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