In Space, No One Can Hear You Deliberate
There are all sorts of different laws out there. There’s criminal law, civil law, family law, admirality laws, LA law.
Who knew there was such a thing as space law?
A commentator at the Examiner.com spoke out against NASA’s plans to detonate a device on the moon to search for water because he claimed it was violates “space law prohibiting environmental modification of celestial bodies.”
It seems to be more of an unspoken rule than a legal prohibition of certain behaviors. If there were, who would get the ticket? Would the space police have to pull the Earth over for a traffic stop? That would really screw up Daylight Savings Time.
This got me thinking. What other space laws should we have?
- All spacecrafts must come equipped with a humanoid forklift to fight off man-eating alien races
- Space littering is strictly prohibited unless it’s the latest copy of Miley Cyrus’ album or Miley Cyrus
- Kevin Bacon will not be allowed on any further space flights
- The use of “The Force” during takeoff is strictly prohibited
- Nothing is “Game over, man, game over” until it’s over