Canada signs on to new rulebook for exploring the moon: no fighting and no secrets - National Post

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NASA launched the Artemis program last year to much fanfare. Its stated goals include sending the first woman (and next man) to the moon by 2024, hence its name (in Greek mythology, Artemis was the twin sister of the god Apollo).

NASA said in a release Tuesday that partnerships like the ones enshrined in the Artemis accords will make its desired achievements easier. The accords, NASA says, reinforce the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which governs nations involved in space exploration.

Canadian Space Agency president Lisa Campbell welcomed the accords but said more work needs to be done to tighten space regulations. She called the accords “an important achievement for safe and sustainable space exploration.”

The pink supermoon rises behind the Sacre-Coeur du Horn statue depicting the Christ figure during Holly Week in Wolxheim, near Strasbourg, France April 7, 2020. Photo by Christian Hartmann/REUTERS

“More work is needed to further solidify the framework for deep-space exploration activities, both nationally and internationally,” she added in a statement.

Among the key things the new accords will look to uphold are Peaceful Exploration, meaning no in-fighting among partner nations; Transparency, to avoid such confusion and conflict; Interoperability, which will see partner countries use systems that can work interchangeably to ensure greater safety; Emergency Assistance, which will see partners give help to partner personnel in danger; and the Release of Scientific Data, meaning signatory countries promise to tell the world what they’ve found.

“Artemis will be the broadest and most diverse international human space exploration program in history, and the Artemis Accords are the vehicle that will establish this singular global coalition,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine in a statement.

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