Human settlements on Earth & the Moon. Political philosophy, networks, governance & global policy. @openlunar.
May 16, 2020 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
Ok some philosophical thoughts on #ArtemisAccords. Legal advancements are tricky. Social institutions create infrastructure for things we couldn’t do alone; as a result they involve compromise (otherwise we’d forgo the compromise and do it however we want).
As a standalone document, the Outer Space Treaty is visionary and idealistic, an index into a (possibly) utopian future. But moving to implementation requires we pull it down from the pedestal. Sacrilege [1] of a holy object.