Trump order encourages US to mine the moon

Executive order says US will oppose any international effort to bar it from removing chunks of moon, Mars or elsewhere in spaceThe world may be racked by the coronavirus, but Donald Trump has less earthly concerns on his mind, too, after signing an executive order encouraging the US to mine the moon for minerals.Theexecutive order makes clear that the US doesn ’t view space as a “global commons”, opening the way for the mining of the moon without any sort of international treaty.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Donald Trump The moon Space Science Mining US news Source Type: news