R etrieving minerals from celestial bodies is not a new pursuit: the Apollo missions in the
1960s and 1970s collected nearly 50 pounds of lunar material to return to Earth for study …

In November of 2015, the 114th United States Congress enacted the Commercial Space
Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015 (Space Act) and, in turn, thrusted the door to outer …

There has been considerable excitement surrounding the reg-ulation of space resource
extraction and utilization activities since the 2012 debut of Planetary Resources and Deep …

ABSTRACT When the Outer Space Treaty and Moon Agreement were concluded, there
existed no urgency to regulate space resources extraction activities. Four decades …

The ever-expanding world of technology is constantly turning science fiction into science
reality. Space mining is an exciting example of this. For decades, scientists have understood …

In 2017, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg passed a law permitting ownership over asteroids
for the purposes of exploration and commercial exploitation. This Paper focuses on whether …

Asteroid mining has been the topic of both future and legal studies for nearly half a century. It
wasn't until recently, however, that a legislative action would take place. The US commercial …

Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015”) signed into law on November 25, 2015 is
only the beginning of emerging national legislation to authorize and supervise commercial …

Long considered only from a theoretical perspective, a spate of initiatives revolving around
the exploration and utilization of the Moon and asteroids, both public and private, have …

Several outer space businesses have been and are being established for the purpose of
extracting mineral riches from asteroids and bringing them to Earth. Views are divided on …