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

Posted by phonerphone on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @02:26PM
from the space.com dept.

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Re:Trump signs executive order to support moon mining, tap a... by gentleman11 on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @03:40PM (#22806702)

This is basically an order to ignore potential international agreements on exploiting space and simply make it a race?

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Re:Trump signs executive order to support moon mining, tap a... by Fjolsvith on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @10:06PM (#22809425)

"Potential" must mean not yet existing.

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Re:Trump signs executive order to support moon mining, tap a... by java-man on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @03:46PM (#22806769)

As if all other problems facing the nation have been solved.

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