Map the asteroid belt with cubesat prospectors. Additional instrumentation would be added to assay minerals. Relay satellites would coordinate between earth and hundreds of prospectors. Park a prospector and claim assets. Instead of borrowing money, money can be issued against the new assets. We can mine later.
1. NASA develops cubesat prospectors.
2. NASA develops cubesat shepards with an asteroid belt positioning system (APS). (GPS Like). Radar would locate asteroids.
3. NASA provides aid for private asteroid mining.
4. Treasury Department evaluates mineral standard.
5. State Department evaluates mineral standard for other countries, based on a desire of nuclear disarmament or humanitarian policies.
6. Interior Department develops asteroid mining regulations to protect mineral markets.