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Does Asteroid Mining Violate Space Law?
By: Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Date: 23 April 2012 Time: 09:00 PM ET
"Nonetheless, in Hertzfeld's opinion, the property rights of corporations will probably ultimately trump the idealistic notion that space is the common property of humankind. "The bottom line is if someone wants to risk the money, take the time, thinks they have a business case, it is probably possible to do it," he said.And if space resources belong to everyone, then no one is going to develop them anyway, said Dula, who is also confident that a U.S. court case would ultimately end in favor of a private company, granting them the right to mine an asteroid."
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