Sorry, I just reduced the article to the following question:
Was there a material fact to disclose in the first place?
Answer is “no”. Sorry, throwing a few tardigrades on the Moon isn’t material to any outer space treaties or US oversight concerns. Trying to establish precedent on such a flimsy case is just going to lead to bad law.
Descartes’ Tardigrades.
https://mobile.twitter.com/novaspivack/status/1168175636852039680
Sorry, I just reduced the article to the following question:
Answer is “no”. Sorry, throwing a few tardigrades on the Moon isn’t material to any outer space treaties or US oversight concerns. Trying to establish precedent on such a flimsy case is just going to lead to bad law.