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Universe TodayAndy Tomaswick

Asteroid gold rush exposes legal void as mining raises space‑environment risks

Asteroid mining companies are moving from concept to reality, prompting new legal and environmental concerns. In Acta Astronautica, Anna Marie Brenna (University of Waikato) proposes a legal framework intended to reconcile commercial resource extraction with protections for the space environment and orbital sustainability.

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