tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post5080560218602469524..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Paging Walter Block: It is Now Legal to Own an Asteroid in the U.S.Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14050693437502226192015-11-30T21:07:15.903-05:002015-11-30T21:07:15.903-05:00Ah the arrogance of gunverments. Claiming jurisdic...Ah the arrogance of gunverments. Claiming jurisdiction over extra terrestrial property. <br /><br />I had read about this in http://phys.org/news/2015-11-space-asteroid-mining-dangerous-potentially-illegal.html. The analogy that popped in my head was of Christopher Columbus claiming property rights for land as he first sees it though a telescope, "I can see it so it is mine". Wouldn'AlexZouglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903419350475485505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7299655958040574912015-11-29T17:09:11.658-05:002015-11-29T17:09:11.658-05:00Because the asteroid's orbit is controlled by ...Because the asteroid's orbit is controlled by the Corp. owners?JaimeInTexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729407700850451849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19735258844755656632015-11-29T15:19:45.691-05:002015-11-29T15:19:45.691-05:00let's hope that an asteroid, owned by someone,...let's hope that an asteroid, owned by someone, that plummets out of control into the earth (wiping out the USA that legalized it) has been sufficiently covered by insurance.<br /><br />If what mining companies have done to parts of the earth is anything to go by, it's just a matter of time before some Elon Musk goofs up a recovery and takes out a country.<br /><br />er, sorry, we'll The Peak Oil Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689230374176801643noreply@blogger.com