The indictment is here http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cyberc...nnonIndict.htm
The decision of the English High Court
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2007/762.html
Read paragraphs 2 to 6: Aside from the national security side, McKinnon's in trouble for causing $700,000 ($900,000 according to the DOJ indictment) worth of damage, among other things. Nothing about spacecraft or energy sources.
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