Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s famed footprint on the moon could be erased by a visitor’s accidental dust. Just as UNESCO protects Egyptian pyramids, China’s Great Wall and other precious W…
Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s dusty footprint on the moon bears witness to one of humanity’s greatest technological achievements.“Once you blow away the footprint, that’s gone,” said space archeologistof New Mexico State University, who is among a growing chorus of experts pleading for formal protection of historic lunar sites and artifacts.
Other items include the Soviet Union’s Luna 2 rocket, which crashed onto the lunar surface in 1959 and ignited the space race. There’s China’s historic Chang’e-4, the first probe to land on the far side of the moon. Tire treads from our Apollo 15’s rover, beloved for greatly expanding the range of exploration in 1971, may still traverse the lunar surface.For All Moonkind
Advocates are working with federal legislators on a new bill to create a U.S. commission that will identify heritage spots on the Moon. If established, this commission would reach out to space agencies and governments around the world to draft a protective treaty. The dream is to create a multilateral agreement, enforced by the United Nations, to manage the protection and preservation of human heritage in space.
Astronaut James Irwin beside the Rover parked near the lunar module, looking northeast, Mount Hadley in the background. This would also set ground rules for research, said O’Leary. Future archeologists might want to study Apollo 11’s “toss zone,” where astronauts discarded tools, tubes, a TV camera and other items. But they shouldn’t be allowed to bring shovels and start digging.
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