Sunday, March 20, 2022

Here is something very important.

This is owned by the American people. The USA legislature needs to make this a permanent monument to the first Moon explorers. The Chinese rover needs to stay on the dark side of the moon.

March 19, 2022
By Lisa M. Keiger

Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s dusty footprint (click here) on the moon bears witness to one of humanity’s greatest technological achievements.

And it’s completely unprotected under international law.

“Once you blow away the footprint, that’s gone,” said space archeologist Beth O’Leary of New Mexico State University, who is among a growing chorus of experts pleading for formal protection of historic lunar sites and artifacts.

Just as UNESCO protects Egyptian pyramids, China’s Great Wall and other precious World Heritage sites on Earth, it must also protect many historic rockets, rovers, landing sites and memorabilia on the moon, they say....