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How to reconcile space mining with the Outer Space Treaty

Written by  Chris Tolton Thursday, 21 August 2025 12:00
Artwork depicting lunar mining operations for Helium-3 involving harvesters, a solar power plant, rovers and return launchers. Credit: Interlune

Despite the arrival of privately funded lunar mining companies, advancements in space resource legislation (such as the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015) and lunar prospecting missions such as LUPEX, one legal hurdle remains that will likely impact the pace of investment in future lunar mining activities: property rights on a celestial body. This issue […]

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