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26 Mich. St. Int'l L. Rev. 83 (2017-2018)
Asteroid Mining: International and National Legal Aspects

handle is hein.journals/mistjintl26 and id is 93 raw text is: ASTEROID MINING: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LEGAL ASPECTS Frans G. von der Dunk' 1. INTRODUCTION; ASTEROID MINING AND THE LAW .................. 83 2. THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CONTEXT FOR ASTEROID MINING - THE OUTER SPACE TREATY .......................................... 85 3. THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CONTEXT FOR ASTEROID MINING-THE MOON AGREEMENT ............................................ 88 4. BACK TO THE OUTER SPACE TREATY: INTERPRETING THE NON- APPROPRIATION PROHIBITION................................... 91 5. UNILATERAL ACTION: TITLE IV, U.S COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH COMPETITIVENESS ACT ......................................... 93 6. CONCLUDING REMARKS ......................................... 99 1. INTRODUCTION; ASTEROID MINING AND THE LAW Asteroid mining is one of the hot topics today not only within the space arena at large, but also in the more specific domain of space law, comprising every legal or regulatory regime having a significant impact, even if implicitly or indirectly, on at least one type of space activity or major space application.2 The main reason for this lies in the well- developed plans of U.S. companies Planetary Resources3 and Deep Space Industries4 to launch missions within the next few years to first reconnoiter asteroids of potential interest from a commercial perspective 1. Harvey & Susan Perlman Alunmi/Othmer Professor of Space Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln & Director, Black Holes Space Law and Policy Consultancy. 2. Frans von der Dunk, Preface to HANDBOOK OF SPACE LAW, xxiv, xxvi (Frans von der Dunk & Fabio Tronchetti eds., 2015). 3. Amir Efrati, Start- Up Outlines Asteroid-Mining Strategy, WALL ST. J. (Apr. 24, (2012), https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB 10001424052702303459004577364110378178038; Asteroids Will Unlock the Solar System's Economy, PLANETARY RESOURCES, http://www.planetaryresources.com/asteroids/#asteroids-market-opportunity (last visited Sep. 20, 2017). 4. Mike Wall, Asteroid-Mining Project Aims for Deep-Space Colonies, SPACE.COM (Jan. 22, 2013, 12:01 AM), https://www.space.com/19368-asteroid-mining- deep-space-industries.html; Asteroid Mining, DEEP SPACE INDUSTRIES, https://deepspaceindustries.com/mining/ (last visited Sept. 20, 2017).

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