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Posted on 10/14/2020 12:57:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
NASA announced its intention to create the Artemis Accords back in May, after working with the US State Department and the National Space Council to come up with a draft set of rules for exploring the Moon. The document’s name refers to NASA’s Artemis program, an ambitious initiative that aims to send the first woman and the next man to the Moon. NASA hopes to partner with multiple countries for the program, and the agency created the Artemis Accords to ensure that other nations could agree on best practices for sending robots and people to the lunar surface.
NASA released the draft of the accords to other space-faring countries, and after getting their input, the agency came up with the final document, which includes standards for things like lunar mining and how to handle conflicts on the Moon’s surface. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says the main goal is to get everyone on the same page about lunar exploration and head off any future international misunderstandings or conflicts. “When we think about the Artemis Accords, what we’re trying to do is establish norms of behavior that every nation can agree to,” Bridenstine said during a press call ahead of the announcement.
The seven nations that have signed along with the US are: Australia, Canada, Japan, Luxembourg, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates. NASA says that it has also spoken with other countries interested in signing, but these seven nations were able to go through the interagency process the fastest. That means more countries could be signing on to the accords very soon — even before the end of the year, according to NASA.
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Great article.
I hope they agreed on no bell-bottomed moonbase uniforms.
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Just what we need - politically correct, EU-UN approved space travel rules. Whew, they saved us Ugly Americans again!
More exploring? I thought it was just going to be a launch site for future missions.
The purple wigs are a no go too.
The rest is acceptable.
Earth girls are jealous of Ellis.
Our flag is planted there. We own it.
A nice way to say the US government now claims jurisdiction over what you do on other planets. Might be nice if they focused on America, and 4 months of riots in cities, and the damned corona political shutdowns.
I say if you have what it takes to find a way to get to the moon, if you didn’t launch from the USA, you should be able to flip the finger to DC and not answer to them in any way.
The whole treaty and the salaries of those who negotiated it is a waste of money. Bureaucrats full employment act...that’s what this is.
What’s not to like about Gabby Drake?
who’s looking at the hair?
The photographer and former TV production person in me.
an ambitious initiative that aims to send the first woman cause God knows it too damn important a mission to simply send most qualified
We should insist the United Nations move their building and all of their staff there—don’t want them polluting our planet!
You don't get to see her womanly bits up front in low G on Earth. Although they defied gravity fairly well on their own.
Isn't that sweet?
“Australia, Canada, Japan, Luxembourg, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates”
Big risk that any of these will go there.
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