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Published:October 9, 2001
Author:
  • Alan Wasser
Origin:October 9, 2001
Abstract:

The settlement of space would benefit all of humanity by opening a new frontier, energizing our society, providing room and resources for the growth of the human race without despoiling the Earth, and creating a lifeboat for humanity that could survive even a planet-wide catastrophe.

Unfortunately, it seems clear that, as things stand now, space settlement will not happen soon enough for any of us to see it. However the legislation proposed here would:

  1. save NASA and the taxpayers the cost of developing affordable space transport by allowing private enterprise to assume the burden of settling space,
  2. make it possible for ordinary people to purchase tickets and visit the Moon as tourists, scientists, or entrepreneurs,
  3. create vast wealth from what is now utterly worthless,
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Keywords:Habitat:Lunar:Settlement , Habitat:Law:Property:Lunar
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