A coalition of scientists and security experts are pushing for a global agreement to save outer space from exploitation as the United States moves ahead with a plan to mine the surface of the moon.
| ANU Cosmologist Dr Brad Tucker says the reasoning behind this push for a global agreement is so “people work on even ground.
" “As we try go to the moon … we want to use the sources of minerals on the surface, but they don’t it to be a land grab and they don’t want it obviously to be militarised," Dr Tucker said. “What people are worried about, including ministers and politicians, is that at some point we may have conflicts from mine grabbing.” Image: NASA
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