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Article #274Can I own a NEO?
From: Alex Terrell
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:22
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:22
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"Alan Erskine" <alanerskine1@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:<O8cnd.41430$K7.20242@news-server.bigpond.net.au>... > "Joann Evans" <bondage@frontiernet.net> wrote in message > news:419D446E.F751A267@frontiernet.net... > > Hans-Marc Olsen wrote: > > > > > > I want to conquer Ganymede or Io > > > > > > Exactly whom would you be conquering there? > > Joann, the guy's a troll - have a look at the rest of his posts. He may be a troll, but there is a valid related question. 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? The Outer Space Treaty only says states can't claim an object. Who is going to ensure that I don't accidently put the object on an Earth collision orbit? 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?
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