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Seems like that Ad Astra film was on the ball with its car chase on the moon..."Trump signs executive order to support moon mining, tap asteroid resources
The “Executive Order on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources” rejects any treaty to codify resource extraction rules along the lines of the 1979 Moon Treaty, which characterizes space as a global commons where resources must be equitably shared.
This is consistent with the administration’s long-standing reluctance to empower multinational bodies — such as the UN’s Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in Vienna — to set legally binding rules for space.
“From a legal standpoint, it seems like the US is just adamant and focused about it being the State which establishes precedence on the use of space resources, rather than have a long and uncertain process within COPUOS, now with 93 Member States, attempting to develop rules,” Chris Johnson, space law adviser at the Secure World Foundation.
Further, the vision of US companies setting up mining facilities in space begs long-term questions about the future role of the Space Force in protecting them from ‘claim jumping,’ potential attacks, and piracy."