GEGSLA Public Consultation: Critical Issues on the Recommended Framework and Key Elements for Peaceful and Sustainable Lunar Activities

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Starting from June 1st 2022, the Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities (GEGSLA) will begin an external consultation phase to gather feedback on some of the most controversial points of the Recommended Framework and Key Elements for Peaceful and Sustainable Lunar Activities.

This questionnaire will remain open for two months, from June 1st to July 31, 2022.

All of the stakeholders in Lunar activities are kindly invited to provide their comments to facilitate creating a document representing a common level playing field for the future of lunar activities.

The questionnaire is anonymous, but you are welcome to provide your email address if you wish to receive more information on GEGSLA in the future.

Please note that answering all questions is not needed - you can only answer those most critical to you.

At what point should information sharing be carried out in lunar activities?

Throughout the planning, operation and decommissioning of an activity

Only when there is technology or results that are non-proprietary

At the end of an activity

At the discretion of the operator

Other:

Clear selection

An Environmental Impact Framework should be developed for the Moon

Yes

Other:

Clear selection

If yes, where should the responsibility for this impact assessment lie?

with national licensing authorities

with an international body

with a private sector body (e.g. a standards or certification entity)

Other:

Clear selection

Effective lunar governance, including sustainability, predictability, accountability, and fairness, is best achieved by

Each nation devising its own framework

Individual agreements between different stakeholders

A multilaterally-agreed framework

Other:

Clear selection

Rank the following benefits from lunar activity in order of importance from 1 to 5 (where 1 is the most important and 5 the less important):

Scientific knowledge

Technological products

Products (whether technology or systems) that can help solve critical issues on Earth eg adapting to climate change, poverty, water scarcity

Providing a stepping stone to the exploration of the rest of solar system

Building capacity in developing or non-spacefaring nations

Other - please identify

Clear selection

If other, please identify

It is likely that the unique conditions of operating in the lunar environment will lead to disputes which will test the limits of existing outer space law. The risks from disputes can be best managed by

Recourse to existing national and international law

States requiring dispute settlement provisions in licences or permits to operate on the Moon

A ‘claims commission’ established specifically to deal with lunar disputes (as per the Liability Convention 1972)

All of the above

Other:

Clear selection

There are over 100 places on the Moon where, since 1959, cultural heritage sites have been created by human activity, such as probes, rovers and crewed landing sites. There are also locations that represent specific, rare or unique aspects of the lunar environment, such as places that demonstrate the Moon's evolution or distinct landscape types. What obligations should an internationally endorsed list of cultural and natural heritage places create for lunar operators?

What indicators or metrics can be used to assess whether a lunar resource, such as water ice, is at risk of becoming overused or depleted? An example is estimating the percentage of a resource which remains after a lunar activity has been completed. Are there practices in other domains that should be applied to the Moon? Please provide some examples:

International treaties and guidelines related to lunar activities include the Outer Space Treaty 1967, Rescue Agreement 1968, Liability Convention 1972, Registration Convention 1975, Moon Agreement 1979, the Constitution and the Radio Regulations of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Guidelines for the Long-Term Sustainability of Space Activities 2019, Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 2007, Safety Framework for Nuclear Power Source Applications in Outer Space 2009, Artemis Accords 2019, The Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group Building Blocks for the Development of An International Framework 2019, the MVA Best Practises, and the Vancouver Recommendations on Space Mining 2020. Are there any additional relevant international agreements, principles, and/or guidelines that should be included in the GEGSLA Key Principles and Framework?

What degree of regulation is needed to support a sustainable lunar economy? Should lunar industries be regulated

same degree as on Earth

more than on Earth

less than on Earth

Other:

Clear selection

How should Safety Zones and their underpinning information be recorded and publicized?

Through the United Nations COPUOS

Through general public release

Both

Other:

Clear selection

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