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\"\"<\/a>I promised you all a quiz a few weeks ago<\/strong><\/a> on Daniel Suarez’ Delta-V<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 You don’t have to have read the book to do well on the quiz, but I told you it in advance in case you wanted to read it first to avoid spoilers.\u00a0 Well, the quiz has arrived! With a prize!\u00a0 Only four of you (my analytics show me numbers, not identities) clicked on the link when I announced this, so if you are the one person to answer, you have a good chance of winning one of my books or stories in the available format of your choice. Not to mention the glory.\u00a0 Lots of glory.\u00a0 The comment period closes at 5 p.m. Eastern on September 10.<\/p>\n

I know.\u00a0 I know.\u00a0 Your excitement knows no bounds.<\/p>\n

Here’s how this works.\u00a0 First, read the passage below.\u00a0 Next, please address what changes in the law or the sociopolitical landscape will have to have taken place between now and the 2030’s for this conversation to occur, and what likely has remained the same?\u00a0 Points will be awarded for accuracy and cogency.\u00a0 Do, however, feel free to address only one of the issues raised because this is not actually a law school exam.<\/p>\n

The set up for this passage is that two tycoons have just discovered that they have both sent their mining ships to the same asteroid — Ryugu — and need to work out how not to do damage to each other.\u00a0 Nathan Joyce, an American, has sent human miners, and Goff, also an American, sent robots.\u00a0 The scene is told from the point of view of Lukas Rochat, a young Swiss space lawyer.<\/p>\n

Delta-V, Chapter 34 (hardback), Titans<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“You need to reprogram your mining robots to avoid–”<\/p>\n

“It’s already done.”<\/p>\n

“You’ve made sure there’s no danger for the Konstantin or her crew?”<\/p>\n

“No danger from me.\u00a0 I’ve instructed my engineers to revise the operating perimeter of the mining craft.\u00a0 They will remain on the sunlit side of the asteroid — for now.”<\/p>\n

Joyce visibly unclenched.\u00a0 “Good.\u00a0 Thank you.”<\/p>\n

“There wouldn’t have been any danger to begin with if someone had notified us there were going to be spacecraft at Ryugu.”<\/p>\n

Joyce took several moments to answer.\u00a0 “Neither was paperwork submitted concerning any robotic mining missions to Ryugu.”<\/p>\n

“That’s because the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg doesn’t own outer space.\u00a0 We’re operating under the US Space Act of 2015.\u00a0 We have a\u00a0 commercial space transportation license from the FAA.”<\/p>\n

Joyce scoffed.\u00a0 “The FAA.”<\/p>\n

“You did think to check other licensing authorities to ensure your secret — and illegal — activities wouldn’t conflict with other lawful operations, I trust.”\u00a0 Goff didn’t wait for an answer.\u00a0 “No?\u00a0 That’s a surprise. But then, you have the world’s youngest attorney to help keep you keep track of things.\u00a0 I would think he’d have boundless energy.”<\/p>\n

Rochat burned with humiliation.\u00a0 He couldn’t believe he had failed to monitor filings at the FAA.\u00a0 Could he even have done that?\u00a0 He didn’t know, and that made him feel all the more out of his depth.<\/p>\n

Goff continued.\u00a0 “It’s interesting that you bring up legal filings, because my people have been unable to discover under what lawful instrument you are mining Ryugu.\u00a0 You’ve submitted detailed proposals and permit applications — which were very informative.\u00a0 And yet, your much-publicized mining ship, the Konstantin, has no legal right to exist.\u00a0 Not yet.\u00a0 Nor has it been cleared for human space flight — which isn’t surprising, since it looks like something the Wright brothers glued together.\u00a0 Where did you find the poor souls unwise enough to climb aboard it, much less sail it to the far side of the Sun?”<\/p>\n

Comment period ends<\/strong>:\u00a0 September 10, 2019, 5 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n

(I believe I have fixed the issue with leaving comments.\u00a0 You should be able to leave your comment without any delay if you have commented before.\u00a0 If you haven’t, I’ll get an email to approve you, which could take a few minutes.\u00a0 If the issue isn’t fixed, this really will be the slowest pop quiz ever, but your comments will appear.)<\/p>\n

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