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New Fri 4 Dec 20 13:27

NASA to pay company $1 to collect rocks from moon - No FM2R

Mmmm, I don't think this is a good thing.

I doubt it'll matter in our life time, but for future generations it's a precedent allowing the uncontrolled mining of another body, in this case the moon.

That hardly worked out well on earth.

www.bbc.com/news/business-55170788

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New Sat 5 Dec 20 15:05

NASA to pay company $1 to collect rocks from moon - martin aston

I agree mining has echoes of exploitation but I guess it's where the money is albeit within a narrow field of minerals. Going to the moon isn't a charitable activity.

By the way the $1 is probably just the need to have a "consideration" for a valid contract. Amounts actually paid will presumably be a lot more.

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New Sat 5 Dec 20 15:10

NASA to pay company $1 to collect rocks from moon - No FM2R

>>By the way the $1 is probably just the need to have a "consideration" for a valid contract.

Absolutely. It's there to set the precedent of a commercial contract.

I should think they're trying to force out the argument of who owns resources not on Earth.

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