This work is completed by Peng Hu, an Open Lunar Fellow, undertaking research on Lunar Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT). This first blog post summarizes current proposed architectures to support lunar position, navigation, and timing services. Interoperability and open standards are noted as key considerations in building a resilient, configurable, and secure integrated PNT solution.

Fellow Christine Tiballi establishes a framework to support resource management on the lunar surface. Taking lessons from terrestrial governance, she proposes a lunar equivalent to support open access, adaptable environmental protocols, and unique local governance arrangements.

During 2024 Open Lunar engaged over 150 stakeholders to gauge their receptivity and gather valuable feedback to inform the next phase of the Lunar Registry project. Read more about activities conducted and key takeaways.

Building on Part-I of the blog, we delve deeper into landing pad infrastructure, drawing inspiration from Earth's airports and seaports and outlining key design principles, emphasizing safety, efficiency, and standardization.

Thesis: A cooperative lunar landing pad is possible through collaboration and leveraging of historical design factors

Open Lunar Foundation has decided to build on its past work on the Lunar Registry of Objects and Activities to investigate the creation of a community-led Lunar Accidents, Incidents, and Issues Reporting System.

A community review for Lunar payloads aims to capture diverse perspectives and insights from within the community and serves as an avenue to receive feedback from the community, provide stop-gap regulation and incentivize good behaviour as the number and complexity of Lunar missions grow.

Standards have contributed to our growth and prosperity, making possible entire industries that constitute the backbone of the modern, globalized world.

Introducing Prototype and Proposal of a Lunar Registry of Objects and Activities! The Lunar Registry aims to create a comprehensive database of Lunar objects and activities.

The Astra Carta, a joint statement of intent towards space sustainability, was launched on 28 June by King Charles. The Open Lunar Team and Directors played a central role in the development of the Zero Draft,.

The event celebrated the launch of the Timekeeping White Paper which discusses the potential benefits and challenges of establishing a local lunar time standard and its implications for lunar missions, including its compatibility with existing lunar initiatives.

Norms, particularly transparency, are needed to stabilise competition and promote cooperation on the Moon.

A cooperative, decentralized network of timekeeping devices could offer an agile, affordable approach to supporting an ecosystem of actors in cislunar space.

A voluntary Lunar Registry would not replace or render governmental or intergovernmental registries obsolete.

This research is focused on considering possible architectures for an open and independent time standard for cislunar space.

Normative behaviours are integral to fostering a coherent community of actors and promoting peace and stability for existing treaties and aspirational goals.

The blog explores the incentive structures that would enable commercial participation in a Lunar Registry through a series of related posts.

There is an opportunity for actors interested in entering the lunar communications space to learn from the best practices of network infrastructure providers (ISPs/IXPs), as well as the open source community.

The Moon is a common in the economic sense and therefore primed for polycentric governance.

As countries and companies look to expand economic and scientific activities to the Moon and beyond, the performance advantages of nuclear energy underlie renewed interest in the technology, and iterative development of national and international law is needed to establish sustainable governance.