Jessy Kate Schingler : Civilization on the Moon — and what it means for life on Earth

 Jessy Kate Schingler·TED2020

Civilization on the Moon-and what it means for life on Earth

Summary

I was surprised at the title because on the Moon, people haven’t lived yet. Last year was the year when fifty years passed from hoisting the US flag on the Moon, A lot of things are researched and our technology is growing rapidly, thus the speaker tells us that in the next decade, we could see people starting to live and work on the Moon. And then, there has seemed to be the Outer Space Treaty since 1967. It’s the defining treaty governing activities in outer space, though, it says that a requirement for free access to all areas of a celestial body and the Moon and other celestial bodies are not subject to national appropriation. Well, what do those mean and how do we manage, for example, resources when the traditional tools of external authority and private property don’t apply? If there are no rules on the Moon, people must think that they can end up in a first-come ad first-served situation. However, if we use the same rules as the Earth, l think that wars and climate change will happen soon on the Moon. The speaker suggests that it’s easier to create something new than trying to dismantle the old. It must lead to a world where there are no borders and fight for territories.

I’ve heard that even on the Earth, the notion that this is our country will disappear in the future. People can cooperate and don’t fight for energies and territories.