2015年11月,美国总统奥巴马在白宫签署了“美国商业空间发射竞争法案”(CSLCA)。CSLCA法案将允许美国企业占有、拥有、运输、使用并出售从月球、小行星或其他星际天体获取的资源,并鼓励商业探索和利用星际资源,这有助于激励地外采矿业的发展。美国行星资源公司正计划从近地小行星开采水和金属资源,该立法将为企业下一阶段的业务奠定坚 In November 2015, US President Barack Obama signed the United States Commercial Space Launch Competition Act (CSLCA) at the White House. The CSLCA Act will allow US companies to own, own, ship, use and sell resources acquired from the moon, asteroids or other interstellar objects and encourage commercial exploration and use of interstellar resources, which will help stimulate the development of the extra-terrestrial mining industry. Planetary Resources Corp. of America is planning to produce water and metals from near-Earth asteroids that will lay the groundwork for the next phase of business