Jul 10, 2019
When it comes to the final frontier, we must inevitably outline the government’s role in interplanetary colonization. Perhaps during the next century, there will be deliberation between cosmic pioneers, space entrepreneurs, and elected officials. Who owns the resources on asteroids and other celestial bodies? What might a galactic congress look like? And what’s maritime law got to do with it? Join Antony Davies and James Harrigan as they mine that asteroid and more on this week’s episode of Words & Numbers.
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Show Notes:
$10 quintillion asteroid
Rep. Amash quits the Republican party
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-justin-amash-announces-quitting-republican-party-op/story
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/04/us/politics/justin-amash-trump.html
Foolishness of the week
Buttigieg calls for national service programs
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/us/politics/buttigieg-national-service.html
How to pronounce Buttigieg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT36PvjxbRA
Topic of the week: Who owns space?
Heinlein: The Man Who Sold the Moon
https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Sold-Moon/dp/0671578634
General Mining Act of 1872
https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/Act%20Of%20May%2010,%201872-(Mining%20Law%20Of%201872).pdf
Law of the Sea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_sea
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