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.
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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 Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Air University
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James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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Professor of Planetary Science and Exploration, The Open University
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Professor of Geophysics, University of Rochester
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Associate Fellow, Université Paris Cité
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Chargé de recherche (CNRS) à l'Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg
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Professor of Space Law and Policy, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Space Robotics and Space Technology, Carleton University
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Podcast host, The Conversation
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Professeur de physique - Physics professor, Université Paris Cité
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