The moon has been listed as a threatened historic site, but the value of 'lunar heritage' needs defining

Is the Moon in Danger? It's Now Listed as a Threatened Historic Site.

The World Monuments Fund is a nonprofit organization based out of New York that seeks to preserve historic architectural and cultural heritage sites around the world. Every other year, the organization releases a list of “25 historic places facing major challenges including climate change, tourism, conflict, and natural disaster,” according to the WMF’s website. For the first time, a non-earthly entity has been added to the list — the moon. The …

The Moon has been listed as a threatened historic site – but the value of ‘lunar heritage’ needs defining

Todd Diemer/UnsplashScientific and commercial activities on the Moon could permanently change the lunar environment. These activities include sending vehicles to the Moon, extracting its resources through mining the lunar surface, building facilities and extracting water from areas on the Moon where sunlight never shines. However, an organisation called the the World Monuments Fund (WMF) is attempting to protect the Moon from being despoiled by …

The moon has been listed as a threatened historic site, but the value of 'lunar heritage' needs defining

Scientific and commercial activities on the moon could permanently change the lunar environment. These activities include sending vehicles to the moon, extracting its resources through mining the lunar surface, building facilities and extracting water from areas on the moon where sunlight never shines.

The moon has been listed as a threatened historic site

The moon is now considered a threatened heritage site, alongside 24 other earthly sites, because the lunar surface holds a significant number of artifacts with the potential to be destroyed amid newer moon missions. In order to protect our celestial satellite in the future, countries will have to work together in governing space flight. A lunar legacy The World Monuments Fund is a preservation organization that draws attention to historic sites …

Moon added to 'at risk' heritage sites as alarm bells sounded over its future

Past exploration and prospective missions are endangering our only moon's future existence, the World Monuments Fund has warned.

Like so many places on Earth, the Moon causes people to pass through. The conquest of space as well as the human footprint can endanger the natural satellite of our blue planet....