Senate Passes Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act
Nov 14, 2015 10:22:59 GMT -6
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Post by Rickster on Nov 14, 2015 10:22:59 GMT -6
SOURCE: The Actual Congressional Bill
SOURCE: A brief Synopsis From The Daily Sheeple
Ok so I am a pretty open minded person when it comes to space, ET's, interstellar travel, etc. But really these fools in government couldn't get a bill passed to make sure people shoes are tied. Why all of a sudden do they think they need to pass this law defining the do's and don'ts of mining asteroids in space? Yeah apparently someone thinks they are close and something is coming they want to look at and land on for a profit.
It's pretty hard to imagine once it's out there and we can land on it and mine it with equipment it won't be but many years before anyone else could, and who is going to stop them? This is one of those times even I think we are to full of ourselves. And since the current cost of shooting a shoe size box satellite in space is a million dollars a asteroid would have to be solid gold before you could afford to mine it. Something doesn't make sense to think you can shoot people and mining equipment into space affordably. Having been involved in a very small gold mining operation once in my life and the cost involved, I just can't imagine a space rock being big enough to make the risk versus reward worth while.
In reading the actual bill this is under definitions section 51301, and I don't see anywhere where they are not allow to keep anything abiotic and by dictionary definition it doesn't mean a living organism. In this context it could be water (physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.
devoid of life; sterile.) I think this article by the daily sheeple missed this aspect to produce some reading drama.
This is an interesting topic and has been around for sometime now we shall see what transforms in the coming months, I suspect there will be news within the next year about an exploratory event. Why else write the legislation?
SOURCE: A brief Synopsis From The Daily Sheeple
"Another day, another very important bill being passed by the Senate. This one almost makes sense, but then it doesn’t… considering no nation on Earth can claim sovereign ownership of a celestial body in space, that is.
On Tuesday, the Senate passed the Space Act of 2015 which is being hailed as a way to encourage the private space industry. Part of the bill legalized space mining, allowing companies the property rights to any resources that they might extract from asteroids out there. The Daily Caller noted that a bunch of think tanks concluded the lack of this bill was a major hurdle to space-based industry development. “This bill will keep America at the forefront of aerospace technology, create jobs, reduce red tape, promote safety, and inspire the next generation of explorers,” Chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Congressman Lamar Smith, said in a press release."
On Tuesday, the Senate passed the Space Act of 2015 which is being hailed as a way to encourage the private space industry. Part of the bill legalized space mining, allowing companies the property rights to any resources that they might extract from asteroids out there. The Daily Caller noted that a bunch of think tanks concluded the lack of this bill was a major hurdle to space-based industry development. “This bill will keep America at the forefront of aerospace technology, create jobs, reduce red tape, promote safety, and inspire the next generation of explorers,” Chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Congressman Lamar Smith, said in a press release."
Ok so I am a pretty open minded person when it comes to space, ET's, interstellar travel, etc. But really these fools in government couldn't get a bill passed to make sure people shoes are tied. Why all of a sudden do they think they need to pass this law defining the do's and don'ts of mining asteroids in space? Yeah apparently someone thinks they are close and something is coming they want to look at and land on for a profit.
"Here’s the thing though… the U.S. can’t legally “own property” in outer space, so therefore, the U.S. can’t really grant property rights to anyone for anything out there. Just because a bill gets passed does not mean space mining is officially recognized as legal worldwide by all countries, nor does America have any “finders keepers” recognized right to say it has property rights to the stuff Americans find in space. The only real property rights America has in space at this time are the ones America can back up with the barrel of a space weapon.
“It would be like you asking me for a piece of pie, and me saying, go over to my neighbor’s house and take a piece of their pie, and then come back and thank me for it,” Michael Listner, lawyer and founder of the consulting firm Space Law and Policy Solutions told Popular Science."
“It would be like you asking me for a piece of pie, and me saying, go over to my neighbor’s house and take a piece of their pie, and then come back and thank me for it,” Michael Listner, lawyer and founder of the consulting firm Space Law and Policy Solutions told Popular Science."
"On top of that, one of the amendments to the bill specifically added the word “abiotic” to the phrase “space resource” in this section:
“A United States citizen engaged in commercial recovery of an asteroid resource or a space resource under this chapter shall be entitled to any asteroid resource or space resource obtained, including to possess, own, transport, use, and sell the asteroid resource or space resource obtained in accordance with applicable law, including the international obligations of the United States.”
Abiotic means non-living.
So in other words, space miners are not allowed to keep or sell aliens from outer space as slaves. The bill expressly prohibits it. Well, at least that’s a plus…"
“A United States citizen engaged in commercial recovery of an asteroid resource or a space resource under this chapter shall be entitled to any asteroid resource or space resource obtained, including to possess, own, transport, use, and sell the asteroid resource or space resource obtained in accordance with applicable law, including the international obligations of the United States.”
Abiotic means non-living.
So in other words, space miners are not allowed to keep or sell aliens from outer space as slaves. The bill expressly prohibits it. Well, at least that’s a plus…"
In reading the actual bill this is under definitions section 51301, and I don't see anywhere where they are not allow to keep anything abiotic and by dictionary definition it doesn't mean a living organism. In this context it could be water (physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.
devoid of life; sterile.) I think this article by the daily sheeple missed this aspect to produce some reading drama.
This is an interesting topic and has been around for sometime now we shall see what transforms in the coming months, I suspect there will be news within the next year about an exploratory event. Why else write the legislation?
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