Ask HN: If I capture Elon’s roadster in space, would it belong to me?

2 points by 0xakhil 3 years ago | 5 comments

Hypothetically, if I spend a billion dollar and capture Elon’s roadster in space, would it belong to me legally?

h2odragon 3 years ago |

Interesting question. If you can pick up trash, are all the "defunct" satellites also fair game? How about the operational ones?

Wouldn't that be a hell of a prospectus for a satellite communications company: "We're going to eliminate our competition and control the market through physical dominance." I can hear the Venture money getting erect already.

celticninja 3 years ago |

yes. Hypothetically anyway, because who is going to spend a billion dollars to come after you.

true_religion 3 years ago | |

Elon would spend a billion. Plus Elon already has other objects in space and a history of putting more up there. He may just spend money to intercept your theft to prove to the military that his tech can make interceptions “cheap and efficient”. It would be a great demo for the up coming space wars.

0xakhil 3 years ago | |

The question is about Elon. The car I guess is still registered to him. So legally, wouldn’t he still has a claim to it?

PaulHoule 3 years ago | |

that guy?