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In the fourth episode of our podcast series, we look at the practical, legal and ethical questions about going to set up base on the moon – and mining its resources.
In the future we might get sick of hearing people tell their stories about going to the Moon. Perhaps the Moon will just be like thinking about today’s Antarctica – a remote but accessible place.
Tourism, mining and new settlements are possibilities for our Moon. But what rules and regulations should govern our behavior there?
Scientists are figuring out how to reduce the cost of space travel – to and from the Moon and possibly to Mars. One approach is to mine the Moon for resources necessary for interplanetary travel.
Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1969, American astronauts planted a US flag on the moon. A space lawyer explains the implications, who owns the moon, and what it means for lunar mining.
Top contributors
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Professor of Space Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Royal Society University Research Fellow / Reader, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
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Lecturer and Topic Coordinator, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Podcast host, The Conversation
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Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor of Health Promotion, Swinburne University of Technology
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Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Additive Manufacturing Research Group, Loughborough University
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Chargé de recherche (CNRS) à l'Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
