There have been many discussions about the legal issues surrounding mining in space. The US unilaterally allows for the commercial extraction of material from celestial bodies, and other countries ...

He drew parallels between space tourism companies and space mining companies that unsuccessfully pursued ambitious asteroid-prospecting missions more than a decade ago, such as Deep Space ...

A House hearing on space mining turned into a skirmish over billionaire Elon Musk’s potential conflicts of interest as he seeks to overhaul the federal government. Democrats have been ...