Timeline for Does Mark Watney's pirate line make sense in the film?
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| Jan 12, 2016 at 22:25 | comment | added | Möoz | Yes, but, if you called for a taxi, and whilst waiting for the taxi to arrive you notice another taxi from the same company sitting nearby unused. Taking it would equate to commandeering it. :p | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 13:50 | comment | added | Wayne In Yak | I think it is correct when talking about the movie too. The law in question is pretty vague (intentionally) as to what exactly is covered and when it applies. But as I said I am not an expert in the laws governing this area, just reading what others have wrote that are suppose to be experts. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 18:07 | comment | added | kaine | @WayneInYak "ships or aircraft registered on Earth" would constitute the Hab, the Rover, and the lander as NASA owns all three. NASA owns the lander. They tell Mark while he is in the Rover to take the lander which they can do because A: he is in their juristiction and B: it is theirs for them to tell him to take. "Nobody explicitly gave me permission to do this, and they can’t until I’m aboard Ares 4 and operating the comm system" makes no sense in this context. Your article is correct...when talking about the book. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 14:09 | comment | added | Wayne In Yak | I am not an expert in space law but from my reading of it wouldn't matter if he had communications or not with NASA | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 14:04 | comment | added | Liesmith | But there's still no indication that he lacks explicit permission in the film. In the novel, the lack of permission comes from the fact that he can't tell NASA what he intends until he uses the Ares 4 MAV to reestablish communication with NASA, but he has to board the MAV in order to do so, which is piracy. In the film, he's told by NASA to go to the MAV. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 14:01 | history | answered | Wayne In Yak | CC BY-SA 3.0 |