The event will be closed with a glass of Champagne. You’ll receive a “Declaration of Interest” to sign, which you can send us back beforehand or hand it over at the end our session in Adelaide. If you are interested in being part of the Moon Village community, please send us an e-mail ( explaining your ideas and possible contributions you wish or plan towards building the Moon Village. But you would no longer have to worry about the need for a common docking port. Inspired by the unparalleled level of cooperation in creating the International Space Station (ISS), the Moon Village extends this paradigm to deep space activities. It is precisely the open nature of the concept which would allow many nationalities to go to the Moon and take part while leaving behind them on Earth any differences of opinion they may have. The Moon Village concept, first proposed by ESA Director General Jan Woerner, is based on global cooperation among multiple nations and industry partners. By ‘Moon Village’ we do not mean a development planned around houses, some shops and a community centre. One might envisage not only scientific and technological activities taking place there but also activities based on exploiting resources, and even tourism. The Moon Village concept was developed through a process of thorough analysis but it is vital to understand that what we are describing is neither a project nor a programme.
There are no stipulations as to the form their participation might take: robotic and astronaut activities are equally sought after. Moon Village is open to any and all interested parties, private or public – villagers of every nationality are more than welcome. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has released a. It is this principle that forms the basis for the Moon Village concept. Rather, the term “village“, in this context, refers to the following key notions: a village community is what emerges when a group of people join forces in one place without any concrete plans for the future and without first sorting out every detail, instead simply come together with a view to sharing interests and capabilities. By Moon Village we do not mean some development planned around a cluster of houses, some shops, a pub and a community centre. Lunar extractivism: scientists and mining companies shared ambitions in the European Space Agencys Moon Village concept.
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