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New gold rush: Asteroids.

New gold rush: Asteroids.

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http://phys.org/news/2015-12-space-law-interplanetary-gold.html

Now the US makes mining Asteroids legal. I didn't know you NEEDED legality for a country to send miners or robot miners to an asteroid to stuff rare on Earth or water to a space station or some such.

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Mining astroids, like everything else, needs to be regulated.

We need to ensure that the environment on these astroids are not destroyed, especially if they hold ET life forms.

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Originally posted by whodey
Mining astroids, like everything else, needs to be regulated.

We need to ensure that the environment on these astroids are not destroyed, especially if they hold ET life forms.
And give those life forms equal protection under the law, so no illegal abortions of ET.

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Originally posted by sonhouse
And give those life forms equal protection under the law, so no illegal abortions of ET.
Obama will have to force them to accept Obamacare as well.

No wonder aliens come to earth but don't reveal themselves.

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Originally posted by whodey
Obama will have to force them to accept Obamacare as well.

No wonder aliens come to earth but don't reveal themselves.
That was because of Bush Jr, not Obama's mama.