# Moss Piglets on the moon. Case for prosecution of offending organisation **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 7, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moss-piglets-on-the-moon-case-for-prosecution-of-offending-organisation/838297 "2019-08-07T15:29:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moss-piglets-on-the-moon-case-for-prosecution-of-offending-organisation/838297/41 "2019-08-09T01:48:03Z")
> [@UDS](#): > > I wouldn’t assume that. It’s entirely possible that NASA’s statutory functions include the prosecution of offences under the relevant legislation. This is GQ. Do you have a citation that NASA has the authority to prosecute people? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moss-piglets-on-the-moon-case-for-prosecution-of-offending-organisation/838297/42 "2019-08-09T01:54:07Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > This is GQ. Do you have a citation that NASA has the authority to prosecute people? Instead of snide remarks, how about you actually contribute? [NASA Office of Inspector General-Investigations](https://oig.nasa.gov/investigations/about.html) > [@](#): > > The Office of Investigations (OI) investigates allegations of crime, cyber-crime, fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct having impact on NASA programs, projects, operations, and resources. **OI refers its findings either to the Department of Justice for prosecution** or to NASA management for action. Through its investigations, OI identifies crime indicators and recommends effective measures for NASA management that are designed to reduce NASA’s vulnerability to criminal activity. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moss-piglets-on-the-moon-case-for-prosecution-of-offending-organisation/838297/43 "2019-08-09T02:01:13Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > If there is ever a movie made called _Attack of the Water Bears from the Moon_, this line will be spoken by some distinguished looking scientist within the first ten minutes of the film. Make it five minutes. And he will be the third person to die. Horribly, of course. And the hot chick who has sex will actually live. ---
**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moss-piglets-on-the-moon-case-for-prosecution-of-offending-organisation/838297/44 "2019-08-09T03:03:49Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > This is GQ. Do you have a citation that NASA has the authority to prosecute people? I never claimed they did. I never made any claims about NASA at all; I responded to a claim _you_ made, which is that NASA has no prosecution powers. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moss-piglets-on-the-moon-case-for-prosecution-of-offending-organisation/838297/45 "2019-08-09T03:41:54Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > How do you feel about Amazon women on the moon?.. It was fun. But Kentucky Fried Movie was way better. > [@DCnDC](#): > > But do [they have a song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60BjkUtqxPE)? > > I can’t decide until I’ve heard them both. The song would have to be more awesomely terrible. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moss-piglets-on-the-moon-case-for-prosecution-of-offending-organisation/838297/46 "2019-08-09T04:30:57Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Instead of snide remarks, how about you actually contribute? > > [NASA Office of Inspector General-Investigations](https://oig.nasa.gov/investigations/about.html) Good cite, but it seems to only cover internal NASA business, and NASA doesn’t have prosecutorial authority directly. In this case, the tardigrades were part of the original mission, anyway. The problem of contaminating extraterrestrial sites, purposefully or accidentally, would be hard to legislate against and in impossible or irrelevant to prosecute. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moss-piglets-on-the-moon-case-for-prosecution-of-offending-organisation/838297.md?page=2)