Answers to Many of Your Questions about mining the Moon, is it legal to mine the Moon? Is it environmentally friendly?
Can anyone register on the Moon? Answer: No
Read our Registry Guide.
Why Extract Resources from the Moon? Answer: They are valuable.
There’s three simple reasons to explore the Lunar surface for resources:
1. Water trapped in regolith can be used to produce propulsion, and support life, for CisLunar infrastructure and Deep Space Missions.
2. For millennia, we have mined the Earth, now we are developing the technology to mine the Moon: It can provide us with Rare Earth Elements, and Platinum Group Metals, without environmental consequences.
3. There is a growing interest from individuals and companies that want to invest in Moon Mining. We are developing the first steps of this process.
What is the Legal perspective on Mining the Moon? Answer:
As per the Outer Space Treaty 1967 there can be no claim of ownership to territory, and the recent Artemis Accords are making progressive momentum to utilise resources in space. We have developed a Space Resources Legal Framework so that we know what is permissible, possible, and the direction of policy and legal issues.
Do you have your own Legal position on the Mining the Moon for Resources? Answer: Yes
We have developed a Space Resources Legal Framework. We know what is permissible, possible, and the direction of policy and legal issues.
Is it environmentally friendly to Mine the Moon? Answer: Yes.
Concerns about destroying the environment of the Moon are invalid because the Moon is under constant bombardment from large, small and micro-sized meteorites and asteroids. The landscape changes over billions of years. Additionally, there is no atmosphere protecting the surface, and no live could survive the extreme variations in temperature and radiation.
However, some religions hold the Moon as a previous symbol, so consideration has to be taken in regards to current missions to the Moon and prospective resources extraction operations.
