steven36 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 It would represent an ignominious milestone for spaceflight if true. This is one spaceflight milestone that NASA isn't about to celebrate. Former Air Force intelligence officer Summer Worden and her family have filed complaints accusing Worden's estranged spouse, astronaut Anne McClain (above), of committing a crime while in space. When McClain appeared to know of Worden's spending habits despite an ongoing separation battle, Worden found that McClain had accessed their still-linked bank account while aboard the International Space Station -- supposedly committing the crimes of identity theft and improper access to private financial records. McClain has acknowledged accessing the account, but said she was checking finances as she'd always done during the relationship, with Worden's knowledge and permission. McClain was "totally cooperating," according to her attorney. This isn't the first instance of crime allegations linked to space programs. The New York Times noted that NASA caught a widow trying to sell a Moon rock in 2011, while an Austrian businessman sued a space tourism outfit in 2017 to reclaim his deposit on a trip that appeared to have stalled. However, this appears to be the first instance of accusing an individual of committing a crime while in space. While the subject of crime in space was likely to come up at some point, few would have expected it to come relatively quickly. It raises a number of questions about handling accusations of crime in space. Will NASA have to give lawyers access to a secretive network as part of the discovery process, for instance? And while the jurisdiction is relatively clear here (it went through a NASA network and affected someone in the US), it's not certain what would happen if there was a crime committed exclusively in space. These questions will have to be answered at some point, though, especially when the US intends a more permanent human presence in space. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Humans are humans everywhere especially even in space! As for the space legislation, i think "Earth laws" should apply. A crime is also a crime everywhere, even in space! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp68terr Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Also it was not really 'in space', it was inside a nasa vehicle. What about crimes that might happen in airplanes, is there a threshold altitude for the jurisdiction to be 'on hearth' v.s. 'in space'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogs Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 It shows that effects of marriage doesn't leave a person even if the person is no more i.e. no more on Earth. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisam Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 4 hours ago, Jogs said: It shows that effects of marriage doesn't leave a person even if the person is no more i.e. no more on Earth Astronaut Anne McClain's allegation might be legal and real so it's too early to talk about a crime. It's as title says just an accusation,, of a spurned and outraged husband in a separation process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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