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Technological Challenges Aside, Is Asteroid Mining Legal?

Technological Challenges Aside, Is Asteroid Mining Legal?

By Rand Simberg [1]
April 24, 2012
Originally published in Popular Science [2]

From Rebecca Boyle's article in Popular Science:

Some space colonization advocates argue that guaranteeing ownership of celestial real estate is a necessary precursor to developing that real estate. Just last month, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a libertarian think tank, proposed that the U.S. recognize off-planet property rights [3] to spur space development. 

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[1] http://cei.org/adjunct-scholar/rand-simberg
[2] http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-04/technological-challenges-aside-asteroid-mining-legal
[3] http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-04/free-market-advocates-planet-property-rights-will-spur-space-frontier-development