Lunar exploration is dangerous enough without turning it into a contest between great powers, says FD Flam for Bloomberg Opinion.
Political tensions could prevent scientists and engineers from engaging in international collaboration that would make lunar exploration safer and more productive. It was a major triumph. Scientists worldwide are eager to use these samples to learn more about the origin of the moon and Earth.
At an online briefing called Race to the Moon, held by SpaceNews, several space policy experts said it’s crucial for the US to be the first country to establish a moon base because whoever is first will set the rules and principles. Namrata Goswami, co-author of Scramble For The Skies, said the US would likely establish a more democratic, cooperative system.
Those missions will explore the ice in the region and the possibility of extracting water and other resources, with the ultimate goal of building a research outpost. But it’s too early to start fighting over the moon. We still don’t know how much water is hidden near the lunar south pole, said James W Head, a planetary geologist who chose the sites for the Apollo missions and helped train the astronauts. He said he’s eager to see what analysis of the chemistry and ages of the Chang’e-6 material will tell us.Flyby missions show the moon’s far side is weirdly different from the near side.
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