The Luxembourg law on mining in space will come into force on 1 August

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The Parliament of Luxembourg worked on the law governing the extraction of minerals, since last year, and now the government of the Duchy have approved it. According to the first article of the law, space resources can be owned by private companies. This, according to legislators, should encourage businesses to develop space projects in this field.

Earlier, he was awarded an international agreement governing the activities of States in outer space. According to one of the provisions of the Treaty, no country may claim ownership of celestial bodies and their parts, but a law passed in Luxembourg, the Treaty does not contradict, because the mining claim to the possession of the heavenly body — «two big differences».

Monaco is making big bets on the mining of space resources, planning to become one of the key players of this industry of the future, so the law that take effect from 1 August, will be only the first milestone in the implementation of these ambitious plans. Only the government of Luxembourg plans to invest in the initiative, around 200 million euros, especially in the Duchy was already several companies planning to mine minerals in space — Deep Space Industries is developing a spacecraft capable of «gut» asteroids and startup Planetary Resources creates probes that will help in the search for asteroids suitable for mining.

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