Space Mining Brings Capitalism to the Cosmos w/ Julie Michelle Klinger
Tech Won't Save Us
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The Only Way to Beat China to the Moon
The use of outer space is governed by the 19 67 outer space treaty. It designates outer space as the global commons and the province of all human kinds. That means that outer space belongs to you and you and you, and me too. And it can only be used peacefully, and it cannot be used in a way that excludes others. So if you build a lunar base, you have to accommodate some one else's request to visit. Under such a document, there's no such thing as like exclusive private property rights, or exclusive mining concessions, or things like that.
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