I would probably say that anything sub-orbital or orbital will be out of
soverign airspace. Nobody asks for overflight rights for the space shuttle
or sattelites.

Orbital, yes, according to some 1950's treaty, sattelites in *orbit* are
considered in international territory. However *sub-orbital* may not be
covered, the space shuttle does not use sub-orbital dynamics (I don't think,
why would it?), thus it utilizes international territory. So the question
remains, if we're not going to put this thing into the international territory
of "space", we'll still require foreign nation overflight permission, which us
back where we are now.

And, militarially speaking, we pretty much own space anyway.

According to international law, no one owns space no matter how much stuff they
put up there. If sheer numbers were the governing factor numerous
telecommunications companies would be vying for ownership of space, not the US
government.




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everyone on Bear Creek"