Space junk fell on a Canadian farm and SpaceX wants it back, but who's liable?
Debris likely linked to a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft fell on a Saskatchewan farmer's field earlier this year and after being discovered last month, it left people in the community buzzing.
The debris did not appear to cause damage nor did it injure anyone, but as more objects are launched into outer space, it has prompted more questions of who could be liable if someone is injured or killed by such a piece of debris.
Sean Previl explains who can be held liable, what scientists want to see when it comes to "space junk" and what's happening next with this particular object
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Finders Keepers , make them pay for it !
@OIllllO
21 күн бұрын
@mrwinston_thepug Charge a holding fee and a cleanup fee of $25k each.
@Iceyfire12
21 күн бұрын
Exactly it landed in (Vir-Jai-Nah) on someone’s property!
@Otherrandomguy42
20 күн бұрын
Yep id get $5 million dollars or it's mine.
if it was a boeing plane boeing would be responsible why would spacex be any different
Corporations treat everywhere and thing like a garbage dump. NEVER let corporations police themselves.
Too bad SpaceX.. If you're reckless enough to endanger people with your wasteful practices, then you're waiving your rights to the wreckage. Trash is already considered public domain in the eyes of the law as it is.
@Brad.777
21 күн бұрын
Huh? space x subsidiary company starlink has given millions of people internet access that never had access before. It has done a great deed for many people, including giving internet access to Ukraine. Don't be ignorant!
@troyzieman7177
21 күн бұрын
Wreckless? How ? Do you have any idea what it takes to launch anything into orbit . Everyone wants full use of all these technologies but wants zero downside
@theastronomer5800
20 күн бұрын
The farmer might have internet thanks to SpaceX. There are tens of thousands of objects up there, do you comment on debris which falls down from other companies as also being reckless?
@scootndute579
19 күн бұрын
@@Brad.777you can make that argument for any company. McDonald's gives millions of people food.. Nestle gives millions of parents baby formula.. Ticketmaster gives millions of people access to live shows.. doesn't mean they can't do better
@Brad.777
19 күн бұрын
@@scootndute579 it's space! It's takes experiments to be better and that's excacly how you get better and evolve when you are pioneering. How many boats do you think sank before they mastered buoyancy?
I think the farmer should turn it into an old-timey roadside attraction entitled, "Ode to Elon Musk, Green Warrior".
son it fell on your property if they want it back they can pay a few million in return for it.
Yikes.... don't touch that with your bare hands 😲
Just like when the lighting unit fell from the set of The Truman Show...
They better pay him well for it!
@Rckid28
21 күн бұрын
Won’t see a penny unfortunately
That debris looks identical to the one found in NC.
@mho...
10 күн бұрын
weird how debris from orbit can land all over the world, eh?! 🤦♂
Bring it to the pawn shop!
@MrJabez89
21 күн бұрын
Best I can do is 5 bucks
@palehorsecowboy4
21 күн бұрын
I'll give you $10.
@paulayork6838
21 күн бұрын
@@MrJabez89 because i take all the risk
@qp773
21 күн бұрын
@@paulayork6838 And it's gonna cost to have that thing framed and find room for display!
@jakep1979
21 күн бұрын
Rick: "Yeah best I can do is 12 bucks, it's a space junk & in pretty bad shape. I don't have a place to store it & I will lose money by the time I find a specialized buyer" Farmer: "Yeah I suppose your right, I will take it. Rick: "Great it's a deal. Few minutes later after he sells it Rick calls SpaceX: "Hey guys I've got an important piece from your rocket that I managed to purchase from a farmer who could have potentially sued you. I think if you give me 12k for it, we'll just call it even"
Obviously the people who put it in the sky where it does not belong are at fault.
Billionaires say: forget cleaning up the Earth - lets create more garbage here, in space and on other planets
@theastronomer5800
20 күн бұрын
There are tens of thousands of objects in space from which you benefit, satellites that give you internet, TV, radio, weather, information on our universe, etc. How often does something fall back down that is random like this? How much garbage do you produce in a few weeks compared to that piece of debris?
@barblc3202
19 күн бұрын
@@theastronomer5800 at least my garbage is contained and managed within my own community, not dumped on others all over the planet
Carbon fiber, titanium, maby a hatch cover?
That looks like part of the landing gear from the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9. The most outer part that sits on the ground or possibly were the gear strut attaches to the rocket body. You can see part of the strut fitting. SpaceX needs to rethink this design so these parts are not as dense so they burn up on reentry. Normally SpaceX doesn't put landing gear on their first stage if they are not returning for reuse. Unless there was a problem with one of the flights.
The various governments passed that law, making governments accountable instead of the private company that actually owned the junk, because they knew it would be almost impossible for the average civilian to recoup anything from a government. The government lawyers would drag it out so long that the civilian would go broke and just drop the suit long before any settlement was reached!
either the farmer owns it just like he owns any rock on his farmland, or elon has personal unlimited juristiction to reach into any location on the globe and claim as his own what's there.
@jgp7414
21 күн бұрын
Elon is a billionaire, the way capitalism works means that he's untouchable.
@francoisleveille409
21 күн бұрын
Just like in Monopoly, if you land on that property then you have to pay. Let Elon write the check.
@441rider
21 күн бұрын
@@francoisleveille409 Russia would pay or China for that on Ebay.
A skating rink?
Why would they even want it back?
@theastronomer5800
20 күн бұрын
For engineering research, to study the stresses on the material, weaknesses, etc.
Does crop insurance cover that? Lolzzzzz
Is this a case of finders keepers? Does the farmer have to give/sell it back to SpaceX or could be offer it to any interested party?
@nonya.bizness
21 күн бұрын
he should auction it off.
They have to buy it back.
charge space x a very large some of money for its return.
The one found in NC was claimed to be part of an Alien aircraft.
...if spaceXshows up to pick it up & presents a finders fee, its all fine! but taking it away without compensating the finders?! that would just be WRONG!
High altitude "stuff " . FIRMAMENT.
That farmer is being very considerate. He could just put it up for auction. There might be some SpaceX rivals prepared to go very high. And then he should sue for psychological damages. I suddenly feel very afraid myself. Maybe all of SK should start a class action lawsuit vs SpaceX.
@aliciawilliams6663
20 күн бұрын
He would probably get more than they will give him
Pay me and you can have it back, i want the fair market value of the materials that make up the debris
I would ask for a few million if they want it back.
If SpaceX wants it back, that would mean it belongs to them, so obviously they are responsible. If you want something back, it means you had it before, and want it again.
@Jaden-eh6rh
20 күн бұрын
Yes but it is Canadian property now and even. If us wanted to forcefully they don't have the manpower lol they would get crumpled in less than a week
hah! Regina -smells like it sounds🤣🤣🤣
No One is Mentioning the pronunciation of Virginia as (Vir-Jai-Nah) 😂
Space junk...... what's next? SPACE CASH?
I would charge a fee for its return
Sell it to China before SpaceX takes it Back 😂😅
Elon should totally make the best skating rink in the world for that guy!
This could’ve landed on people!
probably a market for it........get them to build his ice rink
It could kill something. This is irresponsible
day to day farming got grounded - - how lazy do you have to be to come up with that.
Its yours. Auction it off.
Tell space x to bite you if they want back change them 1,000,000 dollars
its a fury !
Space X is a waste of money 😂
@winni2701
12 күн бұрын
And yet their usage is cheaper than other companies since they reuse their rockets.
Well it fell on private property, so who has the legal right to space Junk on their land? If it were a bomb you may not be asking the question
This story was literally far out man ! Dig it ?
រកឃើញបំណែកបានប្រាក់បន្តិចបន្តួចជីវិតនៅរស់វាគ្រាន់បើជាងអត់។ ហើយចុះបើវាធ្លាក់ចំយើងងាប់? តើយើងយកប្រាក់ទៅណាកើត? 😂
Possession is 9/10 of the law
I would make them pay me 400billion dollars
It’s all over folks. Wake up.
Go for the big bucks could have destroyed your home !
I hope elon ponies up more than enough to help build the skating rink as there are over head costs to running it. I hope the guy gets several million dollars so that the town can have a nice skating rink and have the money to run it. Pay up elon this would be a good thing since there is a community that would benifit.
That does not belong to you not what the canadian law
@SnowWhite-hr4ho
21 күн бұрын
I think it's no different then having something mailed to you.
muskrat space junk.
"What if it hit Regina" Yes, well you're playing the odds, the surface area of Regina is tiny compared to the vast swaths of unoccupied land in the rest of the province. In addition most of it falls harmlessly in the ocean, as 70% of the surface is ocean.
Its a boeing bomb!!
2 groundhogs , 3 worms and a spider named Ziggy = $14.28 USD settlement as determined by US government.
Fine Elon Musk for littering and the costs for clean up.
Charge em the cost to fix his SNaggle ToOth
The could have a bigger news if it’s from China
Elon likes making junk
Liable for what? If there’s trade secrets in that thing, give it back. You seriously want people who CAN, getting it at any cost?
This is bull crap space x should focking stop yhis......
He wants loads of money for doing NOTHING, how canadian.
@nonya.bizness
21 күн бұрын
he owns something that's of value to someone else. do you have a total lack of understanding as to how capitalism works?
@Aitch-102
21 күн бұрын
@@nonya.bizness Nope, please explain it to me...
@BeefDangus
21 күн бұрын
American company American pieces, he owns nothing and he's happy about it@@nonya.bizness
@djdarq6311
21 күн бұрын
Parking isn’t free
And we keep saying China is not responsible with their space junk.
@BeefDangus
21 күн бұрын
Listen man, even turn on closed captions lol. However you need to get the correct information, definitely one of those two first things I said. The biggest thing everybody's making fun of Americans on is their reading level and or comprehension. They said that this junk came from a SpaceX launch, which is the American competitor.
@orbitalpotato9940
21 күн бұрын
@@BeefDangus he's pointing out the double standard.
@BeefDangus
21 күн бұрын
I haven't the faith that that's how this was meant
Compensation for what? There’s no damage. No one was hurt
@B.D.F.
22 күн бұрын
It’s for… uh… emotional trauma. Plus labour and fees.
@MidwestWind
22 күн бұрын
Proprietary tech? Idk
@ryuuguu01
22 күн бұрын
Did you watch the video? There are labour costs to move it and dispose of it. People are asking the questions about compensation for what happens if it lands in an urban area kills someone or does significant damage. They are planning for the future given that SpaceX plans to launch 42,000 satellites.
@tinmule4381
21 күн бұрын
They want property back that’s not there’s anymore it has a value
@yarkss
21 күн бұрын
@@ryuuguu01so put it in your truck and drop it off at the garbage dump?
រកឃើញបំណែកបានប្រាក់បន្តិចបន្តួចជីវិតនៅរស់វាគ្រាន់បើជាងអត់។ ហើយចុះបើវាធ្លាក់ចំយើងងាប់តើយើងយកប្រាក់ទៅណាកើត? 😂
Sell it on kijiji 😲😁👍
isnt that shiet3 dangerous,iradiated?
@Aitch-102
21 күн бұрын
yeah, it makes you grow extra heads...
@12Kempes
21 күн бұрын
@@Aitch-102 , :D you are trying to be funny but it seems otherwise :D . Epic jokes! Good luck finding a new head it seems that this one gives you problems , cheers
@Aitch-102
21 күн бұрын
@@12Kempes That's funny coming from a real-life bobblehead. 🤣
@12Kempes
21 күн бұрын
@@Aitch-102 giving other people names. Wow, grow up
@Aitch-102
21 күн бұрын
@@12Kempes do jokes make you cry?
Well The natives are cleaning or sacred Grand father moon