A mining code for regulating lunar water ice mining activities
Kevin M. Hubbard, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Tanja Masson-Zwaan · 2024
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Kevin Hubbard, Linda Elkins-Tanton, and Tanja Masson-Zwaan published this 2024 paper drafting a mining code for water ice at the poles of the Moon. Launches multiply, companies circle, treaties gesture, yet no intergovernmental authority actually manages lunar mining. The authors step into that gap with a ready-made rulebook plus a mapping tool.
Their Lunar Mining Code has three parts. A notification system logs who is prospecting where, preventing silent collisions of effort. A contract system issues exploration licenses for allotted areas. And a set of best practices and principles aims at equal access and protecting the lunar environment. The proposal is deliberately practical, a governance starter kit offered before the rush, not after the first disputes.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kevin M. Hubbard, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Tanja Masson-Zwaan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |