It’s about more than just beating China. As a space lawyer puts it, a Moon base would come with strategic, economic and scientific advantages.
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3D printing in outer space and on alien planets comes with otherworldly challenges.
Astronauts living and working on the Moon will need something to eat. The Growing Beyond Earth program supports international space crop research.
The Artemis II mission is scheduled for launch in late 2024 and is a critical step towards NASA’s goals of establishing a permanent human presence on and near the Moon.
A US-led coalition and China are both planning to establish bases on the Moon. How the two nations will navigate actions on the Moon and how other countries will be involved is still unclear.
The era of lunar resource use is quickly approaching. But with legal and practical issues still looming, nations are starting to think about sustainable ways to mine and protect the Moon.
A comment by Bill Nelson, the NASA administrator, sparked a strong public response from the Chinese government. But due to legal and practical reasons, no country could take over the Moon anytime soon.
In the past 10 years, international alliances on Earth have begun to expand into space. Nations with similar interests collaborate with one another while competing with other space blocs.
With about 200 orbital launches scheduled and ambitious missions on everything from lunar bases to the search for life in the works, there’s a lot to watch in 2022. An astronomer explains the highlights.
Without a magnetic field, the Moon’s surface is exposed to solar wind. These could have been depositing resources like water and potential rocket fuel on the Moon’s surface for billions of years.
Several current programs aim at sending humans back to the Moon. What would be the purpose, and what are the real prospects?
In the coming decades, governments and private companies will set up permanent bases on the Moon and Mars. And at some point, the first galactic baby will be born.
Some nations are concerned the Artemis Accords represent a US power grab.
By 2069, we could be seeing the start of regular journeys from the moon to Mars.
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The fifth episode of the To the moon and beyond podcast series explores where we will be travelling in 2069.
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Senior lecturer, La Trobe University
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Professor of Planetary Science and Exploration, The Open University
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Associate Fellow, Université Paris Cité
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Podcast host, The Conversation
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Professor of Geophysics, University of Rochester
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Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
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James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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Professor of Space Law and Policy, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Chargé de recherche (CNRS) à l'Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg
