On Facebook I’ve seen two reactions to the EO on space commerce (which seems to be for the most part a reminder that the 1979 Moon Treaty was a failed attempt to regulate human access to all extraterrestrial objects): a general distrust of “exploitation,” and fear that Moon mining would significantly reduce lunar mass and jack with the ocean tides. I also left this comment:
The Apollo sites offer an interesting opportunity: they have immense value as tourist attractions, but only if the sites are undisturbed. I have my own brainstorm of what that tourism would look like: hotel(s) several miles away with wide-angle binocular platforms for viewing the sites, and a single line of railroad track delivering a viewing platform to maybe 100 yards of the outermost footprints. I would think that the hotels and the end of the tracks would want to be situated where the sun is not within the 90-degree field of vision when viewing the sites; I’ll run my brainstorm by some space aficionados and get their input.
On Facebook I’ve seen two reactions to the EO on space commerce (which seems to be for the most part a reminder that the 1979 Moon Treaty was a failed attempt to regulate human access to all extraterrestrial objects): a general distrust of “exploitation,” and fear that Moon mining would significantly reduce lunar mass and jack with the ocean tides. I also left this comment:
The Apollo sites offer an interesting opportunity: they have immense value as tourist attractions, but only if the sites are undisturbed. I have my own brainstorm of what that tourism would look like: hotel(s) several miles away with wide-angle binocular platforms for viewing the sites, and a single line of railroad track delivering a viewing platform to maybe 100 yards of the outermost footprints. I would think that the hotels and the end of the tracks would want to be situated where the sun is not within the 90-degree field of vision when viewing the sites; I’ll run my brainstorm by some space aficionados and get their input.