http://www.space.com/13064-falling-satellite-debris-uars-nasa-property.html
From: Space.com
Not 'UARS' to Keep: NASA Warns Against Collecting Falling Satellite's Debris
by Robert Z. Pearlman, collectSPACE.com Editor
Date: 23 September 2011 Time: 01:28 PM ET
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My comment
If it is all US property, that means the US government is liable for any damage caused by its junk falling on a person, or on a house, or a car. It must be a lawyers’ paradise. If any US space junk falls on a urbanized area like LA or Chicago, it can cost NASSA some big bucks because of NASSA’s comments. The ambulance chasers will not sleep tonight.