Trump signs executive order to support moon mining, tap asteroid resources

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Article Excerpt: "... President Donald Trump signed an executive order today (April 6) establishing U.S. policy on the exploitation of off-Earth resources. That policy stresses that the current regulatory regime — notably, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty — allows the use of such resources...And in 2015, Congress passed a law explicitly allowing American companies and citizens to use moon and asteroid resources..."

Reference: www.space.com