Science
Who is responsible for heritage in outer space? – Apollo Magazine
What counts as cultural property in space and how should it be protected? A new international agreement provides some answers, writes Alice Gorman
In the 1960s, the US Apollo spaceflight missions took humans to the Moon. Having stepped briefly on to another world, we then retreated back to Earth orbit. Only robotic orbiters and rovers have visited for decades. Nearly 50 years after the last humans left in 1972, NASA has declared that it will send the first woman and next man to the Moon in 2024.
They will not go alone. The United States has been inviting other nations to sign up to a set of principles for the next phase of lunar exploration…
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