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    Trump signs executive order to support moon mining, tap asteroid resources

    Ah Virgil2U, the Moon weighs 1.6x10^23 lbs, so I don't think we'll be making a dent in that. Good to be concerned though.
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    Trump signs executive order to support moon mining, tap asteroid resources

    Oddly, the U.S. position in the Moon Treaty was negotiated during the Nixon administration - how far things have changed since that era! Nixon also created the Environmental Protection Agency. It will be a long time before there's a question of war being fought over resources in space - we...