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June 06, 2016

Luxembourg takes first steps to asteroid mining law
Luxembourg (AFP) June 3, 2016
One of Europe's smallest states, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, cast its eyes to the cosmos on Friday, announcing it would draw up a law to facilitate mining on asteroids. Extracting precious metals, rare minerals and other valuable commodities on passing asteroids is a staple of science fiction, but Luxembourg says incentives are urgently needed to turn this dream into fact. "Comprehensive legislation" will be drawn up with the help of space law experts, the economy ministry said in a statement ... read more

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