Making Money on the Moon Seen Key to Exploration
FYI,
"Making Money on the Moon Seen Key to Exploration"
Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060428/sc_nm/space_exploration_dc_3
: Making money on the moon is an essential part of the U.S. plan for
: space exploration, NASA officials said on Friday after a four-day
: strategy workshop with international space officials and
: scientists.
: Billed as the first meeting to determine what explorers would do
: if they return to the lunar surface after more than three decades,
: the gathering drew some 180 participants from more than a dozen
: countries, including China, Russia, Japan and the nations of the
: European Space Agency.
: Shana Dale, NASA's deputy administrator, said one clear goal was
: to do business.
: "The teams recognize the critical importance of space commerce
: -- having real companies going to the moon and making money," Dale
: said at a telephone news conference. "The government needs to be a
: trailblazer and enabler (with) a desire to see commerce take off."
: Aside from the central issues of commerce, international
: cooperation and public engagement, the working groups also noted
: the need for lunar law early in the process.
: David Beatty of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said an
: international legal framework would be helpful in the area of
: property rights, interoperability standards and making hardware
: from various countries work together.
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