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The moon in a night sky.

The moon in a night sky.

Who Owns the Moon? The Race for Lunar Real Estate is an Impending Ethical Nightmare

Brian Green, director, technology ethics, quoted by Inverse.

“Every culture on Earth has conceptions about the Moon, there are lots of groups on Earth who have thoughts on how the Moon should be treated. This is why we need to have a larger conversation."

"Ultimately, the people who get to make the decisions are the ones who are there,” says Green, so you hope that the people who are making the decisions and who are there are going to be ethical and actually considerate of other people's opinions.”

 

Brian Green, director, technology ethics, quoted by Inverse.

Ethics
media, technology, space