Donald Trump Allows U.S Citizens To Mine The Moon For Resources, Claiming Everything For The U.S

For President Donald Trump, the Earth is apparently not enough when it comes to resources so he has turned to the Moon to set up mines.

With “Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources,” an executive order signed on Monday, Trump has given the U.S the right to mine the Moon and exploit its resources.

The order stated that space was physically and legally human activity’s unique domain. The U.S’s attention has been fixed on the Moon for years for its resources. Five years ago, the country’s Congress enacted a law that lets all companies of citizens of the U.S use resources from the Moon and asteroids.

To pave the way for the said law, the country has refused to sign the 1979 Moon Treaty, which compels any use of the Moon’s resource that is not for the scientific purpose to go through international laws.

Russia, a country with a strong space industry, does not seem to be pleased with the U.S assuming that it could take everything for itself.

According to Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, Trump was paving the way for the U.S to seize control of other planets and this move will hurt international cooperation regarding space exploration. The agency also said in a statement that space belonged to everyone, not any country in particular.

As stated by Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, any act of privatizing space, in one form or another, would be seen as unacceptable.

The relation between the U.S and Russia has been rough but cooperation in space exploration continues despite the two countries having a long list of differences when it comes to almost anything, from election meddling accusation to Ukraine.

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