https://spacewatch.global/tag/lunapolitics/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:19:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/lunapolitics/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/lunapolitics-russia-and-china-mull-lunar-base-cooperation/ Thu, 04 Jun 2020 05:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23144 Russia and China are currently in talks to pool their resources for joint lunar operations, according to several Russian and international news media sources.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/spacewatchgl-opinion-five-thoughts-on-the-artemis-accords-and-another-one-for-israel/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 13:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23165 Last week, NASA released "The Artemis Accords: Principles for a Safe, Peaceful and Prosperous Future." The aim of the Artemis program, according to NASA, is to "[L]and the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024, heralding in a new era for space exploration and utilization". I read the short, concise document that NASA  published with a great deal of interest, and a number of thoughts about international technology, economics, and politics came to mind.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/lunapolitics-russias-roscosmos-signals-openness-to-us-proposed-artemis-accords/ Thu, 21 May 2020 05:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22712 A senior official from the Russian state space corporation, Roscosmos, has indicated that Russia is open to discussions with the United States regarding Russia’s role in the Artemis lunar programme – in particular the Lunar Gateway mission – within the framework of NASA’s proposed Artemis Accords.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-opinion-the-artemis-accords-on-bringing-safety-zones-to-the-moon-and-some-expectations/ Tue, 19 May 2020 11:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22665 Written by Dr. Merve Erdem Burger

It was reported by Reuters on 5 May 2020 that the Trump administration is working on drafting an international agreement regarding mining on the Moon, to be known as the Artemis Accords]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/lunapolitics-nasa-releases-more-details-about-its-proposed-artemis-accords/ Tue, 19 May 2020 05:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22647 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatch-gl-opinion-lunapolitics-or-lunapolitik-the-choice-is-ours/ Sun, 10 May 2020 09:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22321 More than fifty years after the first Apollo Moon landings, we are witnessing the rise of Lunapolitics, where the Moon’s topography - or ‘Lunography’ - from below its surface through to Cislunar space intersects with Earthly political and economic interests.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/lunapolitics-u-s-to-propose-artemis-accords-to-govern-moon-mining-operations/ Thu, 07 May 2020 05:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22256 Following the executive order on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources signed by President Donald J. Trump on 6 April 2020, it has been reported by Reuters on 5 May 2020 that the United States is drafting principles it proposes can govern mining and other resource extraction operations on the Moon it calls the ‘Artemis Accords’.]]>