"Time to protect scientific opportunity on the Moon" - by CWP alum Alanna Krolikowski

Efforts are afoot to create rules for activities on the Moon, but so far none prioritize protecting the unique opportunities for science that exist there. Now is the time to safeguard future scientific discovery on and from our natural satellite.

Imagine that a commercial lunar mining company drives a prospecting rover into one of the coldest cold traps on the Moon. In the process, the rover unintentionally displaces materials that have been trapped there for nearly two billion years, forever destroying a singular window into the history of our planetary home before scientists had a chance to learn from it. More here

Alanna Krolikowski - Assistant Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Research interests: China’s technological modernization, Chinese policy for science, technology, and innovation, China’s space and aeronautics programs

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