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House Passes Asteroid Mining Bill, Senate Must Fix It

May 21, 2015

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation recognizing property rights in resources extracted from asteroids, and non-interference rights to asteroid mining operations....


Congress Should Fix Space Property Rights Bill

May 19, 2015

WASHINGTON D.C. — The House of Representatives is set to vote Thursday on legislation that would recognize space property rights for the first time under...


Space Property Rights, the Next Frontier in Bipartisan Legislation?

February 4, 2015

WASHINGTON D.C. — Yesterday, Reuters broke the news that the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space (FAA/AST) had taken a first step toward approving...


It’s Time for Space Property Rights: Berin Szoka in SpaceNews

January 27, 2014

Recent years have seen tremendous growth in the private space industry, with companies like Orbital Sciences Corporation and SpaceX shipping supplies to the International Space Station. But...


FDA oversteps on genetic testing: Berin Szoka in USA Today

December 17, 2013

The FDA recently banned marketing of 23andMe’s genetics home testing kits, effectively stopping sales of the product that has brought the genomics revolution to over...


FDA Bans 23andMe’s DNA Testing Kits, TechFreedom Fights Back with 23andUs Petition

November 26, 2013

With its $99 home-test kit, 23andMe has brought the genomics revolution to countless Americans at prices that would have been unimaginable just a few years...