re death and taxes was why not give billion to in article apr aurora alaska edu nsmca aurora alaska edu writes in article apr indyvax iupui edu tffreeba indyvax iupui edu writes somebody pointed out quite correctly that such rights are not anybody s to grant although i imagine it would be a fait accompli situation for the winner so how about this give the winning group i can t see one company or corp doing it a or year moratorium on taxes tom freebairn who says there is no mineral rights to be given who says the un or the us government tom s right about this it s only a grantable right if the granter has the will and the ability to stop anyone from taking it away from you never mind the legal status major question is if you decide to mine the moon or mars who will stop you the un can t other than legal tom foolerie can the truly inforce it nick s right about this it s always easier to obtain forgiveness than permission not many people remember that britain s king george iii expressly forbid his american subjects to cross the alleghany appalachian mountains said subjects basically said stop us if you can he couldn t if you go to the moon as declare that you are now a soverign nation who will stop you from doing it maybe not acknowledge you that s how the usa started of course that s also how the bolivarian republic started ca in central america it didn t have quite the staying power of the usa i m sure there are more examples of going far away and then ignoring authority but none jump to mind right now what can happen is to find a nation which is acknowledged and offer your services as a space miner and then go mine the asteroids mars moon or what ever as long as yur sponsor does not get in trouble or do as some whaling nations do define whatever activities you want to carry out as scientific research which just coincidentally requires the recovery of megatonnes of minerals or whatever then go at it basically find a country who wants to go into space but can t for soem reason or another but who will give you a home such as saudia arabia or whatever lute keyser had just this sort of arrangement with libya i think in the late s for his commercial space launch project one of the very earliest it was killed by soviet propaganda about nato cruise missiles in africa which made libya renege on the arrangement doug loss
