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Payload(Bay) X: A Modular Approach to Sustainable Lunar Operations
Payload(Bay) X: A Modular Approach to Sustainable Lunar Operations

This paper explores the potential of the Payload(Bay) X concept to advance progress towards sustaining a permanent human presence on the Moon.


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A Community Certification for Lunar Exploration
A Community Certification for Lunar Exploration

Community input can benefit the varied goals and aspirations for humanity’s exploration of the Moon. Involving the community shapes the conversation to ensure lunar exploration efforts reflect our shared values. It is critical to ensure this input does not impede but enhances the rapid pace of innovation in research and exploration that will be occurring over the next decade. Exploration is a human pursuit, and it benefits the community to determine the values enshrined in this extraterrestrial adventure. As humanity expands its presence on the Moon, determining a participatory process drives intent to the goal of doing so as in the image of humanity.

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Cooperative Landing Pads- Enabling the Highway to Space Exploration
Cooperative Landing Pads- Enabling the Highway to Space Exploration

This research outlines the need for a coordinated effort to build lunar landing pad infrastructure, and it addresses logistics considerations, and design elements, performs a case study on the return on investment, and explores the various cooperative business structures.

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Designated Lunar Areas
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Environmental Stewardship, Resource Management, Regulatory
Designated Lunar Areas
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Environmental Stewardship, Resource Management, Regulatory

Exploring an open-access model(s) that facilitates inclusive, peaceful exploration and development in line with Articles I and II of the Outer Space Treat.

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Environmental Stewardship, Resource Management, Regulatory
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)
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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)
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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure

Working to enable more reliable PNT services to support the growing need within lunar missions.

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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure
Payload X
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Shared Infrastructure
Payload X
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Shared Infrastructure

Working to advance sustainable lunar habitation through innovative life support systems.

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Shared Infrastructure
Lunar Power Standards
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Shared Infrastructure, Open Standards
Lunar Power Standards
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Shared Infrastructure, Open Standards

Working to accelerate lunar development through standardized power solutions

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Shared Infrastructure, Open Standards
Lunar Accidents, Incidents, and Issues Reporting System
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Shared Infrastructure, Information Sharing
Lunar Accidents, Incidents, and Issues Reporting System
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Shared Infrastructure, Information Sharing

Working to ensure safe and sustainable Lunar operations through a safety reporting system

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Shared Infrastructure, Information Sharing
Community Payload Guidelines
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Governance, Environmental Stewardship
Community Payload Guidelines
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Governance, Environmental Stewardship

Working to establish ethical standards for lunar payloads, promoting responsible space exploration.

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Governance, Environmental Stewardship
Cooperative Lunar Landing Pads
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Shared Infrastructure
Cooperative Lunar Landing Pads
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Shared Infrastructure

Working to enable sustainable lunar exploration through collaborative landing infrastructure.

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Shared Infrastructure
Lunar Timekeeping
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Information Sharing, Open Standards
Lunar Timekeeping
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Information Sharing, Open Standards

Working to explore establishing  lunar time standardization for enhanced space navigation and mission coordination.

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Information Sharing, Open Standards
A Global Registry of Lunar Objects and Activities
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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure
A Global Registry of Lunar Objects and Activities
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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure

Working to enhance lunar mission coordination through transparent tracking and reporting of space objects and activities.

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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure
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Information Sharing Enables Cutting Edge Lunar Exploration
Lunar News
Information Sharing Enables Cutting Edge Lunar Exploration
Lunar News

JAXA's SLIM achieved the most precise lunar landing ever in 2024 using shared data from ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 orbiter, demonstrating the power of international collaboration in lunar exploration. However, current lunar mission information sharing remains ad hoc and inefficient, prompting the Lunar Policy Platform to launch the "Lunar Information Sharing 101" initiative to establish better coordination frameworks.

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Introducing the Lunar Ledger Database: Empowering open data-sharing for lunar missions
Open Lunar Updates
Introducing the Lunar Ledger Database: Empowering open data-sharing for lunar missions
Open Lunar Updates

After three years of rigorous research, community consultation, and technical development, the Open Lunar Foundation is proud to announce the official launch and rebranding of our flagship registry project as the Lunar Ledger: Global Lunar Database of Objects and Activities.

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Collaborative Frameworks for Long-Term Lunar Sustainability
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Collaborative Frameworks for Long-Term Lunar Sustainability
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We’ve explored frameworks for lunar adaptive environmental protocols, harmonization areas, and a management scheme supported by digital twins and risk modeling in Parts I & II. Part III explores a particularly promising approach to adaptive governance, leveraging Public Purpose Trusts (PPTs) as a foundational element of a proposed Lunar Consortium, providing both legal accountability and commitment to collective vision.

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