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.)
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The Earf?
Not my anus. Uranus. However, mooning someone is risky. :)
Making ‘’Preparation’’ to tap the asteroids now!
It’s up Uranus!
Especially around Barack HUSSEIN Obama, and Mare Pete.
We can only hope it included the moons we see at Wal mart?
Preparation I think is closer to the moon than asteroids.
Mining and transport to be done with green energy only. Lefties will be all on board.
Danger! Will Robinson! Danger! Right around your corner and up your block. Dang!
Probing Uranus was an act of Love for Barack Obama.
The Forbidden Planet. Goesouti.
Finally! In the 1970s, I figured by the 1980s we’d be mining the moon and asteroids and building power plants and colonizing space.
Globalists? No, solar-systemists.
LOL!
Make the Moon Great Again!
We should have a once yearly Moon Day patterned after Earth Day. We can encourage lefties to try and rocket to the Moon so they can hold hands and sing Kumbayah to prevent the exploitation of its resources.
OMG I was at Walmart this morning and there was some lout in front of me with half his butt hanging out of his pants. What my eyes saw can never been unseen.
Carry a concealed weapon and a cane. Poke the lout and tell him you smile one more time at me, I will shoot you where you smile.
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