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gaius
on April 24, 2012
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Who's going to stop you, the Space Police?
maxerickson
on April 24, 2012
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If you're trying to make some dollars, you sort of have to take into account the firm grip that governments have on earth-side markets.
InclinedPlane
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Ultimately the goal here is to increment values in US based bank accounts. Even if "the space police" couldn't stop them the US government could deny them the fruits of their labor, unless they really wanted to go rogue, but that's unlikely.
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