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In the United States proposed a bill designed to allow the country to take over space resources. Thus Americans intend to legitimize their future use of useful fossils of the natural satellite of the earth. Of particular interest to the USA represents the extraction on the moon of helium-3 gas, which is considered valuable nuclear fuel.
Residents of America intend to soon register ownership of space resources – not only lunar, but also, for example, those which are found on asteroids. American Securities Commission securities will establish the main provisions and principles that further it will be possible to use at judicial proceedings.
Helium-3, present on the moon, is an important raw material that Ideal for ensuring the operation of nuclear reactors. Despite the fact that the moon, according to an international agreement, is the property of all the states of the Earth, about the extraction of resources in this arrangement was out of the question, so the Americans decided to start the division not of territory, but of fossils. However, what else could expect lawyers and economists from the country?
According to the American physicist Gerald Kulchinski, from the bowels The moon can extract nearly a million tons of helium-3. State, received such resources will be able to significantly enrich. For in comparison, only forty tons of gas will be enough to The United States has been content with electricity for a year.
The management of the American private company “Planetary Resources” sure that the moon is just the beginning. Much more significant resources can be mined on asteroids. The company, by the way, receives investing from filmmaker James Cameron and the corporation “Google”.
It is noteworthy that the Russian Federation and the Chinese People’s Republic recently announced the proposed joint flight to Earth satellite. This, according to world experts, is even more fueled the competitive spirit among the superpowers. Fight for the moon and space resources have obviously already begun.
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