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Trump signs executive order to support moon mining, tap asteroid resources
space.com ^ | April 6, 2020 | Mike Wall

Posted on 04/06/2020 2:45:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin

President Donald Trump signed an executive order today (April 6) establishing U.S. policy on the exploitation of off-Earth resources. That policy stresses that the current regulatory regime — notably, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty — allows the use of such resources.

This view has long held sway in U.S. government circles. For example, the United States, like the other major spacefaring nations, has not signed the 1979 Moon Treaty, which stipulates that non-scientific use of space resources be governed by an international regulatory framework. And in 2015, Congress passed a law explicitly allowing American companies and citizens to use moon and asteroid resources.

The executive order, called "Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources," has been in the works for about a year, a senior administration official said during a teleconference with reporters today. The order was prompted, at least in part, by a desire to clarify the United States' position as it negotiates with international partners to help advance NASA's Artemis program for crewed lunar exploration, the official added. (Engagement with international partners remains important, the official said.)

(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: asteroid; asteroids; astronomy; mining; moon; science; themoon
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1 posted on 04/06/2020 2:45:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Damn! He hates the moon as much as he hates the Earf!!!


2 posted on 04/06/2020 2:47:10 PM PDT by Sicon
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To: BenLurkin

It would save some time if the drills started on the acne scars on the Man in the Moon


3 posted on 04/06/2020 2:47:21 PM PDT by shadeaud (Stand up and be proud that you are Americans regards of color)
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To: BenLurkin

Space owls, space fish, space everything affected.

Injunction in 3, 2, 1.....


4 posted on 04/06/2020 2:47:37 PM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: BenLurkin

Globalists and libs countdown to ‘roid rage.

9...8..7...


5 posted on 04/06/2020 2:47:52 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Democratus Partitus Delendus Est)
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To: BenLurkin

Be sure to pack a scrooch gun.


6 posted on 04/06/2020 2:50:17 PM PDT by gdzla (Tyrannis Seditio, Obsequium Deo)
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To: BenLurkin

If Bathhouse Barry were still president, he would want to tap Uranus.


7 posted on 04/06/2020 2:50:31 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Under construction)
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To: BenLurkin

Strip-mine the surface facing the Earth. Make it spell TRUMP.


8 posted on 04/06/2020 2:50:37 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: gdzla

Be sure to look for the upsedayzium.


9 posted on 04/06/2020 2:51:43 PM PDT by gdzla (Tyrannis Seditio, Obsequium Deo)
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To: Sicon
Just mine on the dark side of the moon and nobody will ever know.

The upside of this is that by making it economically desirable Trump is virtually guaranteeing that the private sector will get us back to the moon within 10-15 years. He's outsourcing NASAs mission, which is good because NASA does nothing.

10 posted on 04/06/2020 2:52:43 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: BenLurkin

Trump signs executive order to support moon mining, tap asteroid resources

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There’s a “tap that asteroid” joke here. I know there is.

It’s just that I’m not gonna be the one to make it.

Moving on.


11 posted on 04/06/2020 2:52:44 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: gdzla

Oh Rocky.


12 posted on 04/06/2020 2:54:01 PM PDT by Leep (It's another day in stir.)
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To: BenLurkin

EARTH FIRST!

(We’ll mine the other planets later.)


13 posted on 04/06/2020 2:55:10 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Wu Flu! (when I feel heavy metal) Wu Flu! (when I'm pins and I'm needles) Wu Flu!)
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To: gdzla

Shoot i got it wrong. Should have been...

Oh Bullwinkle!


14 posted on 04/06/2020 2:55:50 PM PDT by Leep (It's another day in stir.)
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To: Old Yeller

I see what you did there. Mare Pete’s favorite planet is Uranus.


15 posted on 04/06/2020 2:57:27 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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To: BenLurkin

Dems butt-hurt over Trump moon-mining.


16 posted on 04/06/2020 2:58:38 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Billthedrill

Trump keeps giving the libtards a full moon, driving the moonbats crazy every month!

17 posted on 04/06/2020 2:58:40 PM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: BenLurkin

Forget Mount Rushmore. President Trump should have his face carved in the moon, so the lefties would have to look at it every full moon.


18 posted on 04/06/2020 3:01:11 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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To: pepsi_junkie

Oh, I know. I’m with you. I was just predicting the MSM/dem response.


19 posted on 04/06/2020 3:02:33 PM PDT by Sicon
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To: KC_Lion; rktman

Ping.


20 posted on 04/06/2020 3:06:23 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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