Trump Signs an Executive Order Allowing Mining the Moon and Asteroids

from Stage Zero Studio with Wil Waldon · host Frontier AI Labs

On April 6th, the Trump administration took things a step further by signing an executive order that formally recognizes the rights of private interests to claim resources in space. This order, titled “Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources,” effectively ends the decades-long debate that began with the signing of The Outer Space Treaty in 1967.

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