This piece of news is from July, 2013. Two members of Congress have submitted a bill that would make the US lunar landing sites National Parks, under the protection of the United States.
The U.S. hasn’t sent a human to the moon in decades, and hasn't announced any plans to return anytime soon. But the bill by Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) comes as private companies move into space-faring enterprises and space tourism to the moon inches closer to reality.
The only challenge is that, under International agreement, the Moon does not belong to any one country, so negotiations would have to be made to establish any protection of these Moon site. It would not be cool to trample those first boot prints made by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969. We'll keep yoposted, and let you know if the bill goes anywhere.
The U.S. hasn’t sent a human to the moon in decades, and hasn't announced any plans to return anytime soon. But the bill by Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) comes as private companies move into space-faring enterprises and space tourism to the moon inches closer to reality.
The only challenge is that, under International agreement, the Moon does not belong to any one country, so negotiations would have to be made to establish any protection of these Moon site. It would not be cool to trample those first boot prints made by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969. We'll keep yoposted, and let you know if the bill goes anywhere.
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