An astronaut may have committed the first space crime while aboard the International Space Station

[jpak]

https://www.insider.com/nasa-divorce-space-crime-investigation-identity-2019-8

NASA is reportedly probing the case of an astronaut who was accused of accessing her estranged wife's bank account while on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Veteran astronaut and US Army lieutenant colonel Anne McClain was accused of improperly gaining access to Summer Worden's bank account on NASA computers while she was in space, according to The New York Times.

Worden, a former Air Force intelligence officer, became suspicious when McClain had mentioned specific purchases while fighting with her estranged spouse, the Times reported. Upon her request, her bank reportedly confirmed that her account had been accessed with credentials entered on a computer network registered to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Worden then brought a complaint against McClain with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming that McClain had committed identity theft, even though none of Worden's funds had been tampered with, according to the Times. McClain defended her access of the accounts as part of her due diligence in monitoring their entangled finances.

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[underpants]

1. Didn't we steal rocks from the moon?

Still this is pretty interesting

[Mariana]

2. Who owned the rocks before we took them?

From whom did we steal them?

[underpants]

3. Ok

Good point

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. .

[chowder66]

9. That's a really cute gif! nt

[3Hotdogs]

5. She can never be prosecuted. The Constitution requires a trial and jury to be held

in the jurisdiction where the crime took place.

There are no courtrooms in the ionosphere.

[TeamPooka]

6. The crime actually took place inside the Earthbound servers.

[cwydro]

7. I was reading about this yesterday.

They’re having a pretty nasty divorce. Shame for the kid.

This was being investigated around the time they cancelled the first woman spacewalk; makes me wonder if this played a part.

[treestar]

8. Strange; I wonder how they will handle

the jurisdiction question, or if it was provided for somehow.

[Bayard]

10. Send in Space Force!