U.S. President Donald
Trump has signed an presidential executive order that endorses the
use of space resources, particularly commercial exploration and use of
resources, from celestial bodies such as the Moon.
The order also calls for
bilateral and multilateral arrangements with foreign states in context to the
use of space resources through public and private recovery.
The executive order reads, “Americans should have the right to
engage in commercial exploration, recovery, and use of resources in outer
space, consistent with applicable law.” It further states that the U.S. does
not consider space as “global commons” and describes it as “legally and
physically unique domain” for human activities.
The executive order was
described to be damaging to international space co-operation by Roscosmos.
According to news agency Ruters, the Russian space agency described
the move as a way to 'seize other planets' stating, "Attempts to
expropriate outer space and aggressive plans to actually seize territories of
other planets hardly set the countries (on course for) fruitful cooperation."
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