How spacefaring nations could avoid conflict on the Moon

By Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of the Space Economy Evolution Lab, Bocconi University

In the 1960s, Frank Sinatra’s song Fly Me to the Moon became closely associated with the Apollo missions. The optimistic track was recorded in 1964, when US success against the Soviet Union in the Moon race was not assured.

Nevertheless, when the crew of the Apollo 11 mission landed first on the lunar surface in 1969, the Sinatra song became an appropriate tune for an era when, in the West, anything seemed possible.

In the 21st century, the exploration of the Moon will take a different…

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