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alexterrell@yahoo.com (Alex Terrell) wrote in message news:<d81e59c9.0411190222.7b4da913@posting.google.com>...
> If I want to mine a 100m diameter NEO. Perhaps even I spend a billion
> dollars to bring it in to Earth Orbit. I start selling oxygen, water
> and platinum.
> 
> Can some one else land on the other side and start doing the same?
>
> Can I claim the object? 

That depends on several things.

How and where did you get the object?

Who owned and/or responsible for the object?

Who owned and/or responsible for the area where the object was
retrieved?

Who owned and/or responsible for the area where the object was mined?

Who are responsible for your mining operation?

Who are responsible for you?

If the object is a derelict spaceship, what next? Is the object yours?
Will it be claimed as a historical object? Will the originial owner
want it back?

And so on.


But I think that the easiest way to claim something is would be like
this:

"I claim (insert object name here) in the name of God, IF anyone has
any complain, address it to God."

Non-humans (both ones from Earth and ones not from Earth) probably
will immediately back off and leave you alone, just don't expect the
same kind of response from many of your fellow human beings. To deal
with humans, use the ganster rules below.

> The Outer Space Treaty only says states can't claim an object.

Now you know on why 'they' make a big deal over the 'privateness' of
SpaceShip One's 'space flight'.

As for the governments. They might be Earth governments runned by
Earthlings with human people, but they're not human Earth governments.
That's why they signed those treaties, they're only doing things
according to 'their' orders. That's why these governments loss their
moon visas.

And actual government that act on its own probably will want a piece
of the action, rather than surrendering its right to do any action at
all. Think gangsters, since gangsters are actually quite democratic if
you think about it.

> Who is going to ensure that I don't accidently put
> the object on an Earth collision orbit?

The Earth has its own defense system, the object probably would be
either moved out of the way and/or destroyed before it 'landed' on
Earth.

Unless of course the Earth defense system pretended to be absent
minded and just let the thing pass through.

> I think this is an area that needs to be cleared up well before mining
> activities start on any other planet / object. Or can we rely on an
> extension of Anglo-Saxon common law?

Correction. Anti-human common law. Sure you can get an extension, just
don't expect for it to benefit humans.

Oh sure, it probably will labeled to benefit mankind, but we know on
how humane and how peaceful humanitarian and peace keeping missions
are.