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Neil Armstrongs Boot-print on Lunar Surface is Now Protected by a US Space Law FOLLOW US ON: The United States becomes the first country to pass a law that aims to protect human artifacts in space. Under the law, One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act that was passed by the Congress on December 31, early remnants of human exploration in the space including Neil Armstrongs boot-print on the lunar surface, will be now protected. The bill was first introduced in the Congress in 201...

Objects that are being protected by the act include artifacts like vehicles, equipment, remnants of the experiment, traces of human and robotic presence from the six keep out zones.

Close Newly passed U.S. law protects vital human artifacts such as Neil Armstrongs bootprint, Apollo landers, and other human artifacts left on the moon.  (Photo : Neil Armstrong / Wikimedia Commons) Buzz Aldrin removing the passive seismometer from a compartment in the SEQ bay of the Lunar Lander Preserving Our Lunar History Its hard for most to care about a few bootprints left on the lunar soil 238,900 miles away. However, how we treat the historic lunar landing sites speak about who humans...

SHARE: The day after Trump-supporting insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer shocked members of Queens Community Board 2 by appearing at their Zoom meeting. “When we set this call up, we did not know what the events of yesterday would be,” Schumer apologetically said to explain why he would only be online for 20 minutes instead of the usual 45 minutes he spends at community board meetings. Never mind that the nation was in the midst of national crisis...

The One Small Step Act preserves the Apollo landing sites for posterity Companies contracted with NASA must promise to steer clear of artifacts with historic or scientific value The bill was introduced in 2019, 50 years after Apollo 11 first brought man to the moon   NASAs Artemis program is set to bring astronauts back to the moon in 2024

Who cares what happens to astronaut artifacts on the moon? All humans should. The US One Small Step Act is the first law enacted by any nation that recognizes the existence of human heritage in outer space.

" " Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin poses for a photo beside the U.S. flag that was placed on the moon. The lunar module is visible on the far left, as well as numerous footprints in the foreground. The goal of this new law is to protect all of these. NASA Its hard to care about bootprints sunk in soil 238,900 miles (384,472 kilometers) away as humanity suffers the combined burden of an unforgiving virus and a political unease. But how humans treat those bootprints and the historic lunar l...

It’s hard to care about bootprints sunk in soil 238,900 miles away as humanity suffers the combined burden of an unforgiving virus and a political unease. But how humans treat those bootprints and the historic lunar landing sites upon which they are found will speak volumes about who we humans are and who we seek to become. On Dec. 31, the One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act became law. As far as laws go, it’s pretty benign. It requires companies that are working with the...

Ushering more space sector reform is the priority for 2021: Sivan ​ By Venkatachari Jagannathan ( IANS) | Published on ​ Thu, Dec 31 2020 16:12 IST | ​ 0 Views K. Sivan. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News Chennai, Dec 31 : The priority for the year 2021 will be to usher in increased space sector reforms by putting in place a permanent Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) and other sectoral policies, said K.Sivan, Secretary, Department of Space (...

2020: A defining year for Indian space sector 2020: A defining year for Indian space sector Thursday, December 24, 2020 IWK Bureau Even though the year 2020 would be known as Covid-19 year, it could also be termed as the defining year for the Indian space sector to put it in a different orbit with the private sector as a co-traveller of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). As a part of that, the Department of Space (DoS) recently signed an agreement with Chennai based ...