Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has condemned US President Donald Trump’s order signed this week , which encourages citizens to mine the moon and other celestial bodies with commercial purposes. The government body likened the policy to colonialism and said it “hardly sets the countries to fruitful cooperation.” “There have already been examples in history when one country decided to start seizing territories in its interest — everyone remembers what came of it,” Roscosmos’ deputy general director for international cooperation, Sergey Saveliev, said in a statement . Trump’s order classifies outer space as a “legally and physically unique domain of human activity” instead of a “global commons,” paving the way for mining the moon without any sort of international treaty. “Americans should have the right to engage in commercial exploration, recovery, and use of resources in outer space,” the document states, noting that the US had never signed a 1979 […]