Say a woman gives birth on a Nasa space ship. What would that mean for the child? Where the hell would he be from? What will his birth certificate say?
2006-12-18 02:38:02 · 15 answers · asked by cryingrainbow 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
First I'll correct some boo-boos from those that have already answered. By "alien" the questioner isn't asking about ET, but whether the child would be a US citizen. Secondly, US embassies in foreign countries are considered to be sovereign territory, or US soil. So when a child is born in an embassy, its nationality is that of the embassy, whether it is a US embassy in Budapest, or an Isreali embassy in Dublin.
As for the original question, a baby born on a NASA spacecraft would be a US citizen, with a Florida birth certificate. NASA property is sovereign territory of the United States, and the birth certificate would be issued by the state the craft left from, just as when a baby is born aboard a seafaring vessel.
2006-12-18 04:15:53 · answer #1 · answered by jogimo2 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
quite unlikely (at present) that any flight surgeon would allow a woman of that level of pregnancy to undergo take-off.
But assuming she was just a couple months pregnant & it was undetected & after 6 months on the International Space Station,...
1) Nationality of the child would be that of the parents (ie Russian & American or French -a child can have dual nationalities)
2) the child would not be able to claim a nationality by location of birth while on the ISS (although it would garner great world fame by being the first Space-child), but if another country (say France or Itally) sends up their own Space Station like the Russian Mir orthe American SpaceLab,... being born on such a craft would give the child the added nationality of the country to which the station belonged. *who knows, by that time allwe may have is the United Nations of Earth as everyone's nationality.
2006-12-18 02:45:56 · answer #2 · answered by beanie_boy_007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's going to be a while before this happens. However, when it does happen, the baby will still be human, but it could possibly get a special space birth certificate. More likely, though, it would get a birth certificate of whatever country was running the spaceship.
2006-12-18 02:40:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
In the old days, it depends on which area he/she was travelling and the vehicle he/she used.
Some countries like Indonesia don't give citizenship based on place of birth, while others like the USA do.
In the end, it depends on the parent citizenship (the default is the mother's citizenship), and also the mood on who hold the authority on the place of birth.
If no country claim the baby as its citizen, the baby will legally hold the status of being an alien.
Since NASA is currently part of USA, it will be the USA's responsibility to give or don't give citizenship.
The baby might be registered either in the place of launch or the place of landing or the place he was born.
2006-12-18 03:18:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alien Inquirer:
He/she (the baby) would not be classified as an alien. Since the baby is of human origin ... the baby would be classified as still being born on Earth. Now say the female astronaut goes on a trip to Mars and on that trip she becomes pregnant, and gives birth on Mars to a healthy baby boy or girl, then we can say the baby is a human child born on Mars ... hence a Martian. Thats as close as your going to get it. If your on a starship... and you give birth ... I guess the baby is a ... celestrial! Go figure!
2006-12-18 02:50:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this was the product of two humans, the baby would also be human. Species would be true if on other plants, etc.
Nationality and citizenship would be another matter altogether. It would be equivalent as if for example two Americans have a baby in Indonesia, is the child a citizen of Indonesia or America? No one would question his/her race or species.
As far as children born off-planet, only the future knows for certain, but I have a feeling "Martian" may eventually be listed on IRS documents and public records. For now, let's just file under the "Other" category.
2006-12-18 02:45:02 · answer #6 · answered by Sage 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They would not be an alien any more than a baby born in water would be a fish. They would probably say that the child was born in whatever state the mother was residing in to avoid confusion.
2006-12-18 03:01:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha, good one, but no if u think of it we are all aliens in general, but most likely whatever the mothers origin of birth is, or im sure since nasa owns the space ship she'll be an american citizen and put in the guiness world records
2006-12-18 02:49:33 · answer #8 · answered by susu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go with green_mek on this one sort of like being born in a American embassy in Germany you still would be American even if the surrounding area was Germany hence or space, you would still be human because that's the gene your from not where you were born.
2006-12-18 02:45:40 · answer #9 · answered by Richard Serenity 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anchor kids being born in the USA proper are being called "aliens" lately.
So imagine someone born in space.
2006-12-18 04:55:28 · answer #10 · answered by Исаак Озимов 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋