"Elon Musk wins in the lunar race today. But the Chinese, the Russians, and eternal rival Jeff Bezos are on his heels. Not only large prestige and money are at stake, but besides the safety of all of us," writes Dr Konrad Kołodziejski in the weekly NETWORK.
The publicist recalls that in early November, NASA's American space agency designated the area on the Moon, in which it will land the first manned mission in more than half a century. 9 possible landing locations were identified in an area close the lunar south pole.
"It is hard not to see that the cosmic race is driven by competition on Earth: the more tension in global relations, the stronger the force to defeat the enemy besides in space. And it's not just a cold war replay erstwhile the United States and the russian Union were flexing muscles in orbit. It is not only a political and military aspect, but besides an economical one. This is due to the fact that it matters who first gets into the uncommon metallic deposits that scientists anticipate to find on the Moon," explains the author “NETWORK”.
Kołodziejski points out that in 2020, "the race to the lunar eldorado sparked friction between Americans and Russians". At the time, U.S. president Donald Trump signed a regulation giving the U.S. the right to carry out commercial exploitation of space, as well as to mine and exploit its resources.
Moscow called Trump's regulation "an aggressive plan to take over the territories of another planets". – There have already been examples in past erstwhile 1 country decided to occupy territories in its interests and everyone remembers what resulted – was thundered by Sergei Sawieljew, Deputy manager General of Roskosmos for global Cooperation. In turn, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Pieskov said that American attempts to privatize space are unacceptable.
However, that is not all – in 2021 the Chinese joined forces with the Russians as part of an initiative called the global Moon investigation Station. "Serbia and Hungary have late joined the programme, including Kazakhstan, Egypt, Thailand and South Africa. The intent of the ILRS is to establish a permanent, common base on the Moon, and the task is to be coordinated by the Chinese. India has not joined the program, which has its own space ambitions and by 2040 they intend to build a station in orbit of the Moon," the publicist continues.
Two multi-billionaires, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, joined this tandem international.
"The Amazon founder owns the Blue Origin space company, which, like SpaceX Elona Muska, builds modern reusable rockets. First a smaller fresh Shepard rocket was developed and sent into space, and now a much heavier fresh Glenn rocket was built and late placed in the launcher, which allows you to scope the Moon. Her first launch was scheduled for the coming months. Bezos besides designed the Blue Moon lunar lander, so it can be assumed that it is ready to compete with Musk,” explains the author “SIECI”.
“Musk wins in the race for the Moon for now. And although competition with Bezos is pushing the American space program forward today, it can become destructive if you cross a certain border. due to the fact that it's not just about large ambition, money and prestige. It is besides part of a geopolitical game in which China and Russia will struggle. We will see if both billionaires can bear this responsibility," concludes Dr Konrad Kołodziejski.
Source: ‘NETWORK’ weekly
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