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Space crime once an out-of-this-world contact reserved solely

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for science fiction the reality that astronauts might commit

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crimes while in space grows more probable as human spaceflight

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continues to advance but what happens when a crime is committed

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in space on the International Space Station on the moon on Mars

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in 1967, the outer space treaty provided the first framework

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for space law article that training so that nations would be entitled

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to Legal jurisdiction over a vent that take place aboard their

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own spacecraft. The treaty didn't directly address crime but

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a couple of decades later the intergovernmental

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agreement signed in 1998 countries would have jurisdiction

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over Personnel from their respective Nations.

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This part of the agreement was intended to guide action.

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If for instance a fight broke out in the International

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Space Station

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Between astronaut from different space agency but human spaceflight

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that's its sights on Mars and returning to the lunar surface.

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How will space law change how will the apply to space for it?

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How will crime scene analysis change in extreme hard to survive

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low-gravity environments were variables like blood splatter

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might be different.

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Will Earthbound agencies always be the ones to hold criminals

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accountable or will Martian communities seek Justice on their

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own. It's too soon to predict how these questions may be answered.

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It might be time to start wondering how humans on Earth will

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handle crime in space.

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This is Chelsea gold with space.com.

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