White House Issues Executive Order to Promote Space Mining
Outer space isn't a global commons and Americans should have the right to take part in commercial exploration, recovery and use of resources there, said a White House executive order. It's now federal policy "to encourage international support for the…
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public and private recovery and use of resources in outer space." Monday's EO said the secretary of state will seek to negotiate joint statements and bilateral and multilateral arrangements with other nations on public and private recovery and use of space resources. It said the U.S., not being party to the 1979 moon agreement, would object to being treated as reflecting or expressing customary international law.