Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Making money on the moon seen key to exploration (Reuters)

Interessante sapere quale autorita' conferira' diritti di proprieta' 
sulla Luna...
Am.
 Making money on the moon seen key to exploration
By Deborah Zabarenko  Fri Apr 28, 6:09 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 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."
Other essentials for a global space strategy include public involvement 
and participation by international partners, Dale said.
The strategy workshop was the first of several scheduled for this year 
that aim to set out specific goals for future space missions to the moon 
and Mars, as described by President George W. Bush in 2004 in a sweeping 
"Vision for Space Exploration."
Delivered less than a year after the fatal 2003 shuttle Columbia 
accident, Bush called for a human return to the moon by 2020 and 
eventually a human flight to Mars.
Since the Columbia disaster, in which seven astronauts died, only one 
space shuttle has flown, and the shuttle fleet is to be retired by 2010.
A new Crew Exploration Vehicle meant to return humans to the lunar 
surface is still on the drawing board, and may not be ready until 2012 
or later.
The last time humans went to the moon was aboard NASA's Apollo 17 in 
1972. Since then, China has begun its own human space program and also 
sent representatives to this meeting, though Dale said they apparently 
did not attend the smaller working sessions.
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.
Such laws could govern more prosaic issues as well, Laurie Lesin of 
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center said.
"At our group, we did mention once briefly how we're going to decide 
which side of the road we drive on, on the moon," Lesin said with a 
laugh.

 
i cinesi hanno già venduto parti importanti della luna anche se ovviamente
ci sono moltissime proteste da parte usa. Magari la terza guerra mondiale
si combatterà proprio sulla superficie lunare.

 ci sono moltissime proteste da parte usa.
Http? Riferimento, please?
Am.

amalric wrote:
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era una vecchia notizia letta su repubblica mesi fa trovatele tu le fonti.
Usa google usa la testa.

amalric wrote:
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http://punto-informatico.it/p.asp?i=56264&r=PI
ricordavo male...

 
punto-informatico.it
Mah, non mi stupisce. Probabilmente e' la stessa societa' che vent'anni 
fa vendeva certificati di proprieta' delle stelle  - hanno solo 
accorciato il tiro (!)
Tuttavia se ricordo bene il Trattato Lunare e' sulla falsariga di quello 
sui Poli. Solo attivita' scientifiche statali.
L'unica consolazione e' che e' difficile che Bush faccia in tempo a 
privatizzare lo sfruttamento lunare del 2012 o oltre.
Am.