US Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015
Basically the US is saying that it’s the wild west out in space: if you can get there, you can mine your asteroid. Any asteroid resources obtained in outer space are the property of the entity that obtained such resources Source: Text of H.R. 1508: Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015 (Introduced version) Read more about US Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015[…]