Wednesday   18 November 2015  / Hour 1, Block C: Michael J. Listner, Principal, Space Law & Policy Solutions; in re:  We're going a-Viking [used to mean: rob the English].  The pirate David Livingston is going to plunder the Solar System to find valuable minerals.  Outer Space treaty: "The province of all Mankind." A space property right could conflict with Article II of the treaty.  So far, applies only to (51030?) to US citizens – asteroids, planets: if a private citizen lands on one and plants a stake, it's yours to exploit? Not clear – but it cannot create a property right; I think it does, but its proponents say it creates a use.  The distinction in Article I "for all Mankind" – "use of resources recovered" but it looks as though it creates a real property right – the Homestead Act of 1862.  In the near future, robots will be able to do all this.  Best use is in situ resources – use them where they are.   Chancery Court – are we wandering into Dickens?  Probably investors are trying to encourage investment.  There are two strong American companies in this, looking for investors internationally.  Interstellar corporations.  Pirates have staked out the territory in law in the US Congress.  Use right in the Outer Space treaty [usufruct?]. Capitalism in the Solar System.