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Planetary Resources To 'Claim' Asteroids With Beacons

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-claim-this-land-for-spain dept.

kkleiner writes "Planetary Resources last year boldly claimed that they would build a futuristic business out of mining space asteroids. To that end, the firm recently completed the Arkyd-100 satellite prototype. The satellite will use its telescope to look for suitable near-Earth asteroids from low-Earth orbit. Later expeditions will rocket out to prospective real estate, do spectral analysis, and if the asteroid contains valuable resources, lay claim with a beacon."

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  1. Not legally enforceable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not legally enforceable, which in many ways is a shame. Until money can be made through space travel, it will never "take off"...

    Mod informative, flamebait or funny

  2. Re:International traties by jmauro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Probably not since there wasn't a person called Merriam Webster name is from the Merriam publishing company's purchase of the Webster dictionary publishing license after the death of Daniel Webster.

    A Webster, yes. Two different Merriams, yes. A Merriam Webster, no.

  3. Re:International traties by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about dropping a 1,000,000 tonne rock on the UN building. Orbital bombardment is ten tenths of the law.