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Due to a loophole, the case of a Florida home hit with space debris will set a precedent for future space trash cases. If the house was in Mexico, the U.S. would have to compensate. But this convention “does not apply where national citizens of a launching state suffer damages caused by that state.”


19-year-old Daniel Otero was relaxing at home in Naples, Florida when an object discarded from the International Space Station came crashing through the roof of his home. His family is now suing NASA.

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