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Fellowship Research Showcase-Lunar Accidents, Incidents, and Issues Reporting System (LAIIRS)
Every year, we work to collate our recent insights and share it publicly through our fellowship research showcase events. This event celebrates the launch of the Lunar Accidents, Incidents, and Issues Reporting System (LAIIRS)research by Open Lunar Fellow, Dr Ali Nasseri.
Towards a Community-led Lunar Accidents, Incidents, and Issues Reporting System (LAIIRS)
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.
The Case for Lunar Power Standards
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- Event Recording
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.
Launch Event Video: Bright Moon - Creating a Global Registry of Lunar Activities
This event marked the launch of the Registry Project White Paper which provides an insightful exploration of the creation of an open, transparent, and dedicated lunar registry that will catalogue crucial mission details such as launch state, operating actor, location, time, and more.
Building Lunar Security and Cooperation Through an Astropolitcal Lens- how to construct normative behaviours on the moon- enter the registry
Norms, particularly transparency, are needed to stabilise competition and promote cooperation on the Moon.
Open Lunar Timekeeping Project Blog Post Series: Blog 2
A cooperative, decentralized network of timekeeping devices could offer an agile, affordable approach to supporting an ecosystem of actors in cislunar space.
How a Lunar Registry Can Increase Mission Success
A voluntary Lunar Registry would not replace or render governmental or intergovernmental registries obsolete.
Open Lunar Timekeeping Project Blog Post Series: Blog 1
This research is focused on considering possible architectures for an open and independent time standard for cislunar space.
Building Lunar Security and Cooperation Through an Astropolitical Lens- Why Normative Behaviours are Needed for Lunar Activity
Normative behaviours are integral to fostering a coherent community of actors and promoting peace and stability for existing treaties and aspirational goals.
Incentives and Barriers to Corporate Engagement with the Lunar Registry
The blog explores the incentive structures that would enable commercial participation in a Lunar Registry through a series of related posts.
Transparency and Confidence Building for the Moon - A Primer
Numerous questions arise in the design and implementation of lunar TCBMs, particularly around the institutional activations required to support these measures. The starting point however, begins with a critical mass of agreement regarding baseline TCBMs.
Open Mission Design Repository
The outline of a plan to put an orbiter around the Moon within approximately 2 years.