User:Auric/Jewish law in space
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Jewish law in space is a relatively new field of law, since there are few observant Jewish astronauts, such as Ilan Ramon.
The Talmud and the Misha set the height of the Sabbath at 39 palms.
A good deal of the activities prohibited on Shabbat are directly invoked in spaceflight.
An eruv line might be wrapped around the capsule, but this would not cover extra-vehicular activity.
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