NASA/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER: “Successful long-term exploration and scientific discovery of the Moon, Mars, and other celestial bodies will require partnership with commercial entities to recover and use resources, including water and certain minerals, in outer space…
Americans should have the right to engage in commercial exploration, recovery, and use of resources in outer space, consistent with applicable law. Outer space is a legally and physically unique domain of human activity, and the United States does not view it as a global commons. Accordingly, it shall be the policy of the United States to encourage international support for the public and private recovery and use of resources in outer space, consistent with applicable law.”
-Donald Trump, “Executive Order on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources,” whitehouse.gov, Apr. 6, 2020
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