'Trump paving way to seize other planets'

[Kryton]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-space/russian-space-agency-says-trump-paving-way-to-seize-other-planets-idUSKBN21P1SY

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, accused Donald Trump on Tuesday of creating a basis to take over other planets by signing an executive order outlining U.S. policy on commercial mining in space.

The executive order, which Roscosmos said damaged the scope for international cooperation in space, was signed on Monday.

It said the United States would seek to negotiate "joint statements and bilateral and multilateral arrangements with foreign states regarding safe and sustainable operations for the public and private recovery and use of space resources".

It said U.S. citizens should have the right to engage in such activity and that "outer space is a legally and physically unique domain of human activity, and the United States does not view it as a global commons".

This has cheered me up in a way that our futuristic space-born brethren are going to hate. Maybe this is a piece of history? How one swollen orange President snatches up the 'rights' to non-earth domains.
"No that oxygen belongs to M'Merica. 'Member that?"

If nothing else, it's a good headline.

[Johnny Yesno]

Jamiroquai will be pleased.

[bgmnts]

I reckon colonies/planets/space shit will be owned by companies rather than nations.

Weyland Yutani style.

[Poobum]

Amazon Prime.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

I reckon colonies/planets/space shit will be owned by companies rather than nations.

Weyland Yutani style.

Not totally but the end effect will be similar. Whoever's space agency claims it will lease space to the highest bidder.

[BlodwynPig]

"Daddy, what's that misshapen and dishevelled thing in the sky?"

"It used to be Saturn until the humans arrived"

[Fambo Number Mive]

Star Trek, but with everyone following Trump values.

[Phil_A]

A New Life Awaits You In The Trumpworld Colonies

[Paul Calf]

New Fallout DLC 'not a hit'.

[Paul Calf]

New Outer Worlds DLC 'panned by critics as too cynical and pessimistic'.

[Paul Calf]

Dark Souls IV 'Too fucking hard'.

[idunnosomename]

Crazy paving

[Poobum]

Currys-PC World World
sportsdirect@Ganymede. Hope that one happens, clear Shirebrook out. It does not belong on an earth.

[JesusAndYourBush]

Seize other planets? he couldn't seize his own arse with both hands, the orange twat.

I don't think it's anything we should be worrying about.  America doesn't even have a space program, and mining other planets is the stuff of sci-fi.  It won't happen in Trumps lifetime, nor in the lifetime of the next 10 presidents.

[dissolute ocelot]

But how do you colonise space if the Earth is flat? Can anyone just fly up 100 miles and prise the stars out of their elaborate candelabras?