[RightWhale]

I am not a country

If a person wished to do business, he would go to the market. The market is in countries. Mine all the asteroids you want, but if you wish to make a dollar you must deliver your product. All countries are prohibited from receiving celestial resources thanks to the 1967 UN Treaty on Outer Space. Before a country can license the business, it must withdraw from the treaty.

[Publius6961]

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[apillar]

"If a person wished to do business, he would go to the market. The market is in countries. Mine all the asteroids you want, but if you wish to make a dollar you must deliver your product. All countries are prohibited from receiving celestial resources thanks to the 1967 UN Treaty on Outer Space. Before a country can license the business, it must withdraw from the treaty."

But since only the United States and a few of our allies bother to obey International Treaties, that still leaves 2/3 of the earth as a market. Provided that you could mine the moon or asteroids cheaper than you could on Earth (Probably impossible with current technology)