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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Before 2019, no crimes had been committed in space (that we know of). After poring over records, the New York Times could only come up with three things: (1) damage to a Russian satellite that was allegedly China’s fault; (2) a lawsuit seeking to recover a deposit somebody put down for a space-tourism trip; and (3) a U.S.-government sting operation aimed at recovering a moon rock. Only one of those happened in space, though, and none of them are crimes.
That is, until an ex-wife of a NASA astronaut decided to play petty.
Reb launches us into two cases: (1) a bad break up and (2) a horrific moon-rock-related detention by federal agents of a Granny in a diner parking lot.
This is Summer Heather Worden v. Anne McClain (2019) (2025) and Joann Davis v. United States (2017).
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0:00 - Intro / MERCH IS LIVE
3:37 - Cases begin / Antarctica is our best comparison to Space
14:20 - CASE 1 (A Colonel and a Liar)
30:43 - CASE 2 (A Widow and the Worst Federal Agents Ever)
58:20 - Reb's Rebuttal
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Before 2019, no crimes had been committed in space (that we know of). After poring over records, the New York Times could only come up with three things: (1) damage to a Russian satellite that was allegedly China’s fault; (2) a lawsuit seeking to recover a deposit somebody put down for a space-tourism trip; and (3) a U.S.-government sting operation aimed at recovering a moon rock. Only one of those happened in space, though, and none of them are crimes.
That is, until an ex-wife of a NASA astronaut decided to play petty.
Reb launches us into two cases: (1) a bad break up and (2) a horrific moon-rock-related detention by federal agents of a Granny in a diner parking lot.
This is Summer Heather Worden v. Anne McClain (2019) (2025) and Joann Davis v. United States (2017).
***
MERCH STORE IS LIVE!
***
CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice
***
Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter!
Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!
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0:00 - Intro / MERCH IS LIVE
3:37 - Cases begin / Antarctica is our best comparison to Space
14:20 - CASE 1 (A Colonel and a Liar)
30:43 - CASE 2 (A Widow and the Worst Federal Agents Ever)
58:20 - Reb's Rebuttal
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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