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Managing the Moon – a model for engaging with planetary environments – Room: The Space Journal – ROOM Space Journal
Rethinking old attitudes towards the Moon
The way we relate to the Moon has failed to keep up with the pace of technological change. The general public and the space industry have become used to seeing the Moon as a dead rock, while the Committee on Space Researchs Planetary Protection Policy has no requirement to protect the Moon as there is no life there. But with proposed missions planned to establish a more permanent habitat, extract local resources and potentially use these to explore Mars, perhaps it is time to rethink old attitudes…
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