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First Space Lawyer Graduates 188

PHPNerd writes "Over at space.com is an interesting article about the first space lawyer. He graduated from the University of Mississippi. 'Any future space lawyer might have to deal with issues ranging from the fallout over satellite shoot-downs to legal disputes between astronauts onboard the International Space Station. The expanding privatization of the space sector may also pose new legal challenges [...] "We are particularly proud to be offering these space law certificates for the first time, since ours is the only program of its kind in the U.S. and only one of two in North America," said Samuel Davis, law dean at the University of Mississippi.'"

Comment Re:Not as incredible as it looks. (Score 1) 5

As PatPending alludes, "RF radiation causes cell damage" only when levels are sufficiently high to do so, i.e. sufficiently high that absorption by the tissues in question causes them to become signficantly heated or undergo some sort of chemical change (the latter of which seems to be an elusive phenomenon, except in the case of high-energy "ionizing" radiation, such as X-rays, according to a search of www.arrl.org). I wonder about those nanoparticles, though. There have been some worrisome reports about carbon nanotubes (a nanoparticle, although perhaps with unique biological interactions) permeating cellular membranes, making it difficult to control where they end up in the body.

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