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EXCERPT: One company is especially happy with the space mining legislation signed into law on Wednesday, the company that stands to profit the most. [...] The Space Act grants private companies protected ownership of materials extracted from celestial bodies -- but not the bodies themselves. [...] Planetary Resources and the politicians sponsoring their cause framed the legislative victory as a win for the principles of Adam Smith. [...] But some lawyers aren't certain the law will stand up to scrutiny....