March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... the satellite can be ‘manufactured’ via 3D printing greatly reduces its manufacturing cost. One characteristic of the new space mining companies is that they have typically recruited partners to help them develop these new types of technology. They...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... access. The heritage lies in the access to the resources, not the technology or funding to exploit them”. Understandably, space mining companies argue that they could not attract sufficient investment if compelled to share the rewards. The question...
April 2018
Developing Mars
... pause for thought. It is our opinion that a successful Mars survey will justify redirection of all space mining finance and energies toward Mars, much as the Sutter’s Mill find initiated the California Gold Rush. ...
July 2019
Luxembourg’s space legislation
... of up to one million euros per day. Luxembourg’s creation of a legal framework for the exploration and use of space resources including asteroid mining has drawn a number of private individuals and companies to set up operations there. General...
March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... will have to come from the US Department of State, which is ill-equipped to effectively pick winners and losers in space mining. It will be fascinating to see how Luxembourg responds to the US statute. Will it follow suit and adopt a similar (and...
March 2016
Space industrialisation needs balanced legal and policy approach
...produced the rules now governing the emergence of any space mining activities arising from the United States. Commercial rules... 1508-the second attempt by the House to pass space mining legislation, did note that there were several concerns, including...
