September 18th, 2003, 05:09 PM
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Re: OT: future of a manned space exploration.
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Originally posted by dogscoff:
Couldn't they just go up there and start mining (or whatever they want to do) but without making any sort of claim upon the territory?
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If you mean a company, they could but would run the risk of doing all the work to extract the minerals and then having to surender them if a court decides they don't have a proper claim to them.
[ September 18, 2003, 16:09: Message edited by: geoschmo ]
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