“It is a fact: humanity is moving towards a sustainable presence in space, starting with a settlement on the Moon. Many initiatives are taken all over the world to prepare the return of humans on our natural satellite before the end of the decade.
In addition to space agencies, we already see commercial companies developing on that topic. While some focus on transportation to the Moon surface, others start looking at supporting a sustainable human presence, with the utilization of local resource, the production of energy, the refueling in space, or the improvement of life support technologies...
Indeed, only the development of a cis-lunar economy based on Moon resources utilization would allow a successful return and a sustainable presence on the Moon. In that prospect, the best of Space and Terrestrial technologies will be necessary, and international & cross sectoral collaborations will be key success factors.
With this panel moderated by Dr. Sara Ahmed Al Maeeni from MBRSC, we propose to highlight the vision of key space agencies in the Moon exploration (CNES - represented by Jean Blouvac, LSA represented by Bob Lamboray & MBRSC represented by Dr.Hamad Ahmad Al Marzooqi) and some initiatives taken by the industries from Space (ADS, represented by Alain Wagner), Earth (Air Liquide represented by Bertrand Baratte), and New Space (ISPACE, represented by Julien Alexandre Lamamy) to contribute to the development of a lunar ecosystem, with one common objective: the development of a sustainable and peaceful Moon economy, for the benefit of Humanity.”
See link of the GNF here