Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR; How Do You Preserve History On The Moon?
"Any nation can nominate a place within its sovereign territory to be
included on the World Heritage List, she explains. The trouble with the
moon is that, according to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, no nation can claim sovereignty over anything in outer space.
This
legal gray area is why Hanlon wants the U.N. space panel to issue some
kind of declaration stating that the Apollo 11 landing site has
unparalleled cultural importance that deserves special recognition.
The
question is whether countries will be willing to agree on that kind of
small step for preservation, or whether they'll balk at setting any
precedent for putting part of the moon off-limits."
Ethically-tangled aspects of 21st century societies and cultures. In the vein of Charles Darwin’s 1859 “entangled bank” metaphor—a complex and evolving digital ecosystem of difference and dependence, where humans, technologies, ethics, law, policy, data, and information converge and diverge. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Thursday, February 21, 2019
How Do You Preserve History On The Moon?; NPR, February 21, 2019
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