Experts Caution about Space Mining War Between Global Powers
Many experts caution that Russia and China may soon join forces to prevent the United States from dominating an ET mining base in space. The former Trump administration had announced that by 2024, the country would be returning astronauts to the moon, in addition to proposing a worldwide legal framework for mining on the celestial body. The framework, named the Artemis Accords, encouraged citizens in the country to mine for commercial purposes, both on the moon and on other celestial bodies. Led by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) in the U.S., the accords were signed in October by…