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Article #281Re: Piracy in space will be a problem in the future !!!
From: Steve VanSickle
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 02:40
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 02:40
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From article <41804CD5.CC56FA48@frontiernet.net>, by Joann Evans <bondage@frontiernet.net>: > Suppose you could steal a 747, for example? > Assuming you're not a terrorist, then what? What do you do with it? > Where do you go with it? Whom can you possibly sell it to? How can you > possibly ransom it back to the owner? Well, you could break up a 747 for parts. There is a brisk business in stolen and counterfeit aircraft parts. Of course, this doesn't apply to satellites, which are more or less one-offs and essentially unrepairable. The problem with stealing a 747 is, where do you hide it while busting it up?
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