—The study also recommends creating an International Lunar Authority, “modelled after CERN,” to manage the combined business and technical risks of lunar operations.“—
‘International Lunar Authority’.
Mmmm...sounds Orwellian, or Brave New World, or 1984ish to me.
Certainly not something we should be subject to.
“‘International Lunar Authority’.
Mmmm...sounds Orwellian, or Brave New World, or 1984ish to me.
Certainly not something we should be subject to.”
I’m inclined to agree, but I’d rather see anything than the Chinese grabbing the best (South Pole) lunar real estate for its colony. That’s the current plan according to them.
The US needs to pull its head out of Mars (heh) and wake up to the fact that the Moon is a far more realistic and achievable destination, and is pretty much as habitable as Mars. It has a tremendous amount of upside both as an industrial base, and as a “natural spaceport” opening up the rest of the Solar System.
It’s also something of a strategic asset militarily...