"Moon matters" : A loophole in the Outer Space Treaty?

                                                             Is it true that

                                    shrewd interpretations of the Outer Space Treaty

                                               could be used as part of a strategy

                                                            to monopolise

                                                      certain space resources

                                                for an unspecified period of time?

                      Link to: Harvard Gazette interview with astrophysicist Martin Elvis
           
      Link to: Cornell University Library, " The Peaks of Eternal Light: a Near-term Property Issue..."




                                 Whatever the answer, the prime challenge remains, of course,
                                                      that of first of all "getting there".

                                                    Link to: Moon Express Press Kit

                        Link to: "China to send Chang’e-4 to south pole of moon’s far-side "

                   Link to: PBS NEWSHOUR "China wants to mine the moon for ‘space gold’ "

                                             Link to: ESA's Interactive Guide to the Moon


                   Link to: Voice of America interview (and video) with Paul Spudis (14 Oct. 2016)

"NASA, ESA, XTRONAUTS and ASTEROIDS"

                           

(Picture by JR. CHINREST)

                              A challenge, a gamble and a game.

                                           Link to: OSIRIS-REx
                                           Link to: NASA PRESS KIT/ August 2016

                                           Link to: "AIM" - ESA's Asteroid Impact Mission

                                           Link to: Xtronaut -The Game of Solar System Exploration

"LUSA"?

Luxembourg (998 sq. mi. / 2 586 sq. km)

could have its own space agency in the near future.

An abbreviation for "Luxembourg Space Agency"

has already been unofficially suggested,

but "LUSA" might somehow not sound particularly convincing 

when read out aloud in English

and pronounced the Luxembourg way

(unless it is meant to serve as an extra incentive to become a winner).

                            Link to: Official Information on Luxembourg and Space

                            Link to: GLAE «Groupement Luxembourgeois de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace»                
                         

"Getting Ready"

(Picture by JR. CHINREST)

Link to: Official Information on Luxembourg and Space Resources 

Link to: New space law to provide framework for space resource utilization.

Link to: Tim Worstall in FORBES, "The Economic Problem With Luxembourg's Space Mining Law"

 Link to: Christopher Barnatt on "Resources from Space"