Subject: Re: Somewhat OT: Where does space begin<br/>
Date: Jan 16, 2003 @ 04:07<br/>
Author: acroorca2002 &lt;orc@orcoast.com&gt; (&quot;acroorca2002 &lt;orc@...&gt;&quot; &lt;orc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-757514159">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;Karolis <br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; &gt; because space expands the farther from the earth you go<br/>
&gt; &gt; the sizes of the countries are actually bigger up there<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; yea, but to know by how much they expand and where to set <br/>
 </span></blockquote>the <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; borders, you would have to know where the space ends, and it <br/>
 </span></blockquote>doesn&#39;t.<br/>
<br/>
you wouldnt necessarily have to consider or know this<br/>
<br/>
just imagine inflating a balloon with a global map printed on it<br/>
& watching all the countries grow constantly & proportionally<br/>
but just dont imagine the balloon ever bursting<br/>
<br/>
this is a pretty fair model for the expansion i am referring to<br/>
& for what i think is actually expected<br/>
in the absense of any more exacting legal principle<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; And if the height of the sovereignty is unlimited then all of the <br/>
&gt; planets in the universe also fall in to some country, and into <br/>
&gt; different countries at different times. <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>strange i admit but correct<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; But to me it would make a lot of sense if the sovereignty ended <br/>
 </span></blockquote>where <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; the domain of our planet ends - the outer limit of the <br/>
 </span></blockquote>atmosphere, <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; tho I don&#39;t think that is set anywhere legaly. <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>right<br/>
& that was the question i believe<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; But isn&#39;t there some <br/>
&gt; UN resolution about usage of outer space and other palnets or <br/>
&gt; something?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>yes for everybody to go in peace & just have fun or something<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Also keep in mind that since air space and ground depths are <br/>
 </span></blockquote>federal, <br/>
<br/>
whaaattt<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; administrational divisions don&#39;t really exist. <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>wow<br/>
i had thought that all countries & administrative divisions & <br/>
indeed every point on earth all converged to a single point at the <br/>
center of the earth<br/>
but continued to exist there <br/>
& at all levels everywhere <br/>
whether shrunken or inflated by relative elevation<br/>
both below & above the surface of the earth<br/>
<br/>
i suppose your view is possible<br/>
but is there really some legal basis for it<br/>
<br/>
i do believe there is a real basis for practically unlimited <br/>
subsurface & air rights tho<br/>
<br/>
Because they can&#39;t <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; because they are two dimensional in three dimensional <br/>
 </span></blockquote>space. Or maybe <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; you could say that the top layer of molecules on the ground <br/>
 </span></blockquote>belongs <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; to the state, district or whatever, everything else is federal. <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>bravo<br/>
youve spaced me out</div>