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Governing the space race

NASA scientists work on the rocket that is proposed to take humans back to the Moon on a mining mission. : NASA/Kim Shiflett Public domain

International law was rocked by the introduction of the Artemis Accords, an agreement that allows mining on the Moon in support of scientific missions.

Governing the space race

First in, first served as Moon-mining gains legality

International law was rocked by the introduction of the Artemis Accords, an agreement that allows mining on the Moon in support of scientific missions.

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The SpaceX rocket launches with the DART spacecraft onboard. It will nudge an asteroid from its orbit in September 2022. : NASA/Bill Ingalls public domain

The DART mission to redirect an asteroid is billed as potentially planet-saving. But in the wrong hands it has seriously destructive potential.

Governing the space race

Dream-walking towards the planetoid bomb

The DART mission to redirect an asteroid is billed as potentially planet-saving. But in the wrong hands it has seriously destructive potential.

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