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How a little-known loophole lets corporations own space | Luxembourg — one of the world’s smallest nations — has positioned itself at the forefront of asteroid mining. But it throws up all sorts of questions, such as "who can lay claim to an asteroid?"


Josh Toussaint-Strauss finds out how Luxembourg became a global hub for space mining, and whether it’s promised ‘gold rush’ will ever materialize

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