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Re:Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars by tdaltonc on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:37PM (#12687272)
> Tourism/adventure companies

That is legal in Antartica. It's just really expensive and there aren't a lot of people who want to do it.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-17/white-dese...

I don't think you need to make martian mining illegal to discourage the industry. At $500 a lb, no raw materials will be coming to earth from Mars and time soon.

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Re:Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars by anexprogrammer on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @03:36PM (#12687801)
> there aren't a lot of people who want to do it.

Where do you get that? Tourism is back near pre-bust 40,000, mostly American, a year. The expensive hotel is fully booked 2 of its 4 weeks. With near 40 treaty countries almost no binding changes are agreed, and regular plans to limit numbers remain just that.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30709924 https://www.yahoo.com/news/antarctica-concerns-grow-tourism-... (2013)

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