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KEY POINTS
· When Chandrayaan 2 arrives at the moon in a few weeks from now, it will seek to soft-land the lunar module, Vikram with its rover, Pragyan, on a site between two large craters in the south polar region. Advertising
· Right now, the moon rush on the earth is aimed at the lunar south pole. In January this year, China’s Chang’e 4 soft-landed in the Von Karman crater on the dark side of the south polar region.
· China hopes to build a lunar robotic station near the south pole in little more than a decade.
· As a lunar race unfolds, the world will run, sooner than later, into difficult problems about such mundane issues as property rights.
· The international law of outer space is now defined by the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. The OST is quite explicit in affirming that outer space and celestial bodies like the moon can’t be “appropriated” by any nation through claims of sovereignty, occupation or any other means. It calls the exploration and use of outer space “shall be the province of all mankind”.
· The Outer Space Treaty has no provision for effective dispute resolution. The OST certainly exhorts states to cooperate and extend mutual assistance to each other in outer space.
· There is also contention on another question who owns the resources of the moon?
· In a law approved in 2015, the US has authorised its citizens to own, transport and sell resources exploited on the moon.
· Tiny Luxembourg has passed a similar law to attract companies interested in space mining. The UAE is expected to follow suit soon.
· As India celebrates the successful launch of Chandrayaan 2, Delhi needs to match the extraordinary success of its scientists with sustained diplomatic effort at the highest level.
· Amidst the growing scale and scope of humanity’s lunar adventure, the Foreign Office needs to take up international space cooperation as a strategic priority. It also needs to develop a stronger political voice for India in shaping new rules for the moon and outer space.
Santosh kulkarni 5 years
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Harisindhan 5 years
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Try to include about outer space treaty, it is the Crux of the question.Keep writing.
Tapasvi 5 years
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K. V. A 5 years
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