集中的月球资源:对治理和正义的紧迫影响
Concentrated Lunar Resources: Imminent Implications for Governance and Justice
摘要:
未来十年计划的许多任务可能会瞄准月球表面少数几个感兴趣的地点,从而在这些地点产生拥挤和干扰的风险。月球呈现出有限和稀缺的区域,具有罕见的地形或具有特殊价值的资源集中。对科学感兴趣的地方,特别是天文学,包括永恒之光峰,最冷的冷阱和远端的光滑区域。物质资源最丰富的地区也可能是唯一适合定居和商业的地区。这样的景点既少又小。通常,每种类型的关键地点不到10个,每个地点跨越几公里。我们调查了不同类型的任务的影响,发现在这些地点追求不可调和的目的的不同行为者可能很快就会拥挤并相互干扰,使几乎所有的行为者都变得更糟。如果没有积极的措施来防止这些结果,月球演员可能会经历重大的机会损失。我们强调法律,政策和道德后果。对地球上类似地点的研究提供了一条管理月球拥挤和干扰的途径,这些干扰是基于伦理和实际的近期考虑。这篇文章是讨论会议的一部分问题“从月球天文学:未来几十年”。
英文摘要:
Numerous missions planned for the next decade are likely to target a handful of smal sites of interest on the Moon's surface, creating risks of crowding and interference at these locations. The Moon presents finite and scarce areas with rare topography or concentrations of resources of special value. Locations of interest to science, notably for astronomy, include the Peaks of Eternal Light, the coldest of the cold traps and smooth areas on the far side. Regions richest in physical resources could also be uniquely suited to settlement and commerce. Such sites of interest are both few and small. Typically, there are fewer than ten key sites of each type, each site spanning a few kilometres across. We survey the implications for different kins of mission and find that the diverse actors pursuing incomptible ends at these sites could soon crowd and interfere with each other, leaving almost all actors worse off. Without proactive measures to prevent these outcomes, lunar actors are likely to experience significant losses of opportunity. We highlight the legal, policy, and ethical ramifications. Insights from research on comparable sites on Earth present a path toward managing lunar crowding and interference grounded in ethical and practical near-term considerations. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'Astronomy from the Moon: the next decades'.
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