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		MatthewPhillips on April 24, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Asteroid Mining Venture Backed by Google Execs, Ja... What are the property implications? Does a company "own" an asteroid simply by being the first to land on it, or do companies need to bid on asteroids to mine from (and who is in charge of that)?

PerryCox on April 24, 2012 [–]

I would assume space is just like the Wild West. Whatever you claim is yours, so long as you can defend it.

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