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It might be noted that no private company has gotten anything to the moon yet. The international treaties concerning the Moon and other extra-palnetary
bodies just says that no one will lay claim to the place. However, there is no law saying that if the US were to establish a colony and let it start to grow that we would have to provide access to countries that cannot reach the bodies on their own.
If this company manages to get this stuff to the moon, the worst thing they are guilty of is littering. If they manage to open up a huge market of privatized space exploration and travel by proving it can be profitable, more power to them. It is only a matter of time till mankind starts to exploit the resources of the solar system and that can only be a good thing for planet earth since we will not have to ravage the planet for ever scarceer resources.
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