{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcast.techfreedom.org%2Fepisodes%2F165-regulating-the-universe-RFytZrkG","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"#165: Regulating the Universe","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f13f55/f13f55de-516b-46b3-b4a2-9f057f21ad71/d174ee77-b1d3-4e0d-a578-359652b174c5/techpolicypodcast-episode165.png","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/d174ee77-b1d3-4e0d-a578-359652b174c5\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"#165: Regulating the Universe\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Who's in charge of the universe? \"Innovative space activities\" like asteroid mining and private missions to Mars raise key questions for countries and their regulators. Can you \"plant a flag\" on an asteroid? How can countries cooperate in space without interfering with each other? Is the \"weaponization of space\" a growing concern between the US, Russia, and China? Congress is trying to figure out the answers. Evan and Berin discuss a recent hearing with Jim Dunstan, longtime space lawyer and founder of the Mobius Legal Group."}