Case law and precedent would appear to be against us.
Since it is clear to you and to me that there is money to be made in outer space ventures, it only remains to make an appealing case to the mindless entities with the singular purpose.
"There's gold in them thar asteroids!" Among other things.
Yes, they are mindless entities. Automatons. It was the work of only a handful of men to create the modern corporation out of the slim guidance of the Constitution. All railroad men, and none of them enriched themselves unduly [Tom Scott possibly excepted] even if their client corporations, Southern Pacific or Pennsylvania Railroad, grew to be the largest mega-corporations of their day. The railroads gave or decreed the time zones--a demonstration of raw power--, but Congress to a degree regained the battlefield by imposing Daylight Saving Time on top of that.