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The Guardian view on owning the heavens: the perils of letting capitalism colonise the cosmos

Summary by The Guardian
Donald Trump ignited a scramble that is transforming space from shared frontier to private asset – raising questions about law, equity and ethicsIn 2015, a rare moment of US congressional unity passed the Space Act – to mine asteroids as if they were open seams of ore and harvest planets like unclaimed farmland. Quietly signed by President Barack Obama, it now reads as a premature act of enclosure: staking titles in a realm we scarcely understan…

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the Guardian broke the news in on Sunday, April 27, 2025.
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