§ 7.3.2 The Archimedes Institute
 The Archimedes Institute is covered only on the website, not in the book. The Archimedes Institute is a large site covering space law, including a draft Private Property Rights Registry which can be used for registration of asteroid property claims, though it hasn't attained formal legal recognition. Its internet address is:
Lawrence D. Roberts, the Director of the Archimedes Institute, is an academic specializing in issues of space law and policy. The author of numerous articles on international law and space law and policy, Professor Roberts has taught at New York University School of Law, New England School of Law and the City University of New York School of Law. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University, his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School and his Master of Laws degree from New York University School of Law. A former chair of the American Bar Association's Committee on United States Aerospace Law and Policy, Roberts currently Chairs the A.B.A.'s Committee on International Aerospace Law and the X Prize Foundation's Law and Policy Committee.
The Archimedes Institute is a policy research organization devoted to the efficient and equitable development of the solar system. The Institute recognizes that while there are many difficulties associated with the current approach to exploration and commercialization of the high frontier that will require large capital investments and technological breakthroughs, the current legal structure regulating outer space unduly hinders the process. The Archimedes Institute is working to improve the regulatory climate through the generation and dissemination of reasoned policy analysis, the enhancement of communication between government, academia, the commercial sector and the general public, and the implementation of private policy initiatives such as the registry for private claims to solar system resources at http://www.permanent.com/archimedes.
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