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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, there's a lot\Nhappening with the Moon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China has announced plans\Nfor an inhabited South Pole station
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the 2030s,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the United States has\Nan official road map
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeking an increasing number of people\Nliving and working in space.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will start with\NNASA's Artemis program,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an international program to send\Nthe first woman and the next man
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Moon this decade.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Billionaires and the private sector\Nare getting involved
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in unprecedented ways.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are over a hundred\Nlaunch companies around the world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and roughly a dozen private\Nlunar transportation companies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,readying robotic missions\Nto the lunar surface.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have reusable rockets\Nfor the first time in human history.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will enable the development\Nof infrastructure
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and utilization of resources.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While estimates vary, scientists think
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there could be up to a billion metric tons\Nof water ice on the Moon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's greater than the size of Lake Erie,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enough water to support\Nperhaps hundreds of thousands of people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living and working on the Moon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So although official plans\Nare always evolving,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's real reason to think\Nthat we could see people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting to live and work on the Moon\Nin the next decade.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the Moon is roughly\Nthe size of the continent of Africa,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're starting to see\Nthat the key resources
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may be concentrated in small areas
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,near the poles.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This raises important questions about\Ncoordinating access to scarce resources,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are also legitimate questions\Nabout going to the Moon:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,colonialism, cultural heritage,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reproducing the systemic inequalities\Nof today's capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And more to the point,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't we have enough\Nbig challenges here on Earth?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Internet governance, pandemics, terrorism,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, perhaps most importantly,\Nclimate crisis and biodiversity loss.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some senses,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea of the Moon as just a destination
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,embodies these problematic qualities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It conjures a frontier attitude
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of conquest,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,big rockets and expensive projects,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,competition and winning.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what's most interesting about the Moon
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't the billionaires with their rockets,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the same old\Npower struggle between states.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it's not the hardware at all.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the software.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the norms, customs and laws.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's our social technologies.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the opportunity to update
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our democratic institutions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rule of law
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to respond to a new era\Nof planetary-scale challenges.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to tell you about\Nhow the Moon can be a canvass
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for solving some of our biggest\Nchallenges here on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been kind obsessed with this topic
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since I was a teenager.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've spent the last two decades\Nworking on international space policy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also on small community projects\Nwith bottom-up governance design.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was 17,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to a UN conference
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the peaceful uses\Nof outer space in Vienna.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over two weeks, 160 young people\Nfrom over 60 countries
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were crammed into a big hotel\Nnext to the UN building.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were invited to make recommendations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Member States
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the role of space\Nin humanity's future.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the conference,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of us were so inspired
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we actually decided\Nto keep living together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, living with 20 people\Nmight sound kind of crazy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but over the years it enabled us\Nto create a high-trust group
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allowed us to experiment\Nwith these social technologies.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We designed governance systems\Nranging from assigning a CEO
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to using a jury process,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as we grew into our careers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we moved from DC think tanks\Nto working for NASA
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to starting our own companies,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these experiments enabled us to see
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how even small groups
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be a petri dish
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for important societal questions\Nsuch as representation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sustainability or opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People often talk about the Moon
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a petri dish,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even a blank slate,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because of the legal agreements
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that govern the Moon,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it actually has something\Nvery important in common
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our global challenges here on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They both involve issues
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that require us to think\Nbeyond territory and borders,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning the Moon is actually\Nmore of a template
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than a blank slate.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Signed in 1967,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Outer Space Treaty
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the defining treaty governing\Nactivities in outer space,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the Moon,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has two key ingredients
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that radically alter the basis
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on which laws can be constructed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is a requirement for free access\Nto all areas of a celestial body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second is that the Moon\Nand other celestial bodies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not subject to national appropriation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is crazy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the entire earthly\Ninternational system --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United Nations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the system of treaties\Nand international agreements,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is built on the idea of state sovereignty,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the appropriation of land\Nand resources within borders
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the autonomy to control free access
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within those borders.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By doing away with both of these,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we create the conditions\Nfor what are called the commons.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Based on the work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Nobel Prize-winning\Neconomist Elinor Ostrom,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,global commons are those resources\Nthat we all share,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that require us to work together\Nto manage and protect
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important aspects\Nof our survival and wellbeing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like climate or the oceans.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Commons-based approaches
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offer a greenfield for institution design
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's only beginning to be explored
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the global and interplanetary level.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do property rights look like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how do we manage resources,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the traditional tools\Nof external authority
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and private property don't apply?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though we don't have all the answers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate, internet governance,\Nauthoritarianism,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are all deeply existential threats
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have failed to address\Nwith our current ways of thinking.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Successful paths forward\Nwill require us to develop new tools.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do we incorporate\Ncommons-based logic
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into our global and space institutions?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, here's one attempt
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that came from an unlikely source.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a young activist in World War II,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arvid Pardo was arrested\Nfor anti-fascist organizing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and held under death sentence\Nby the Gestapo.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the war,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he worked his way\Ninto the diplomatic corps,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually becoming
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first permanent representative\Nof Malta to the United Nations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pardo saw that international law\Ndid not have the tools
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to address management\Nof shared global resources,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the high seas.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He also saw an opportunity to advocate\Nfor equitable sharing between nations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1967, Pardo gave a famous speech\Nto the United Nations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,introducing the idea
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the oceans and their resources
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were the "common heritage of mankind."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The phrase was eventually adopted\Nas part of the Law of the Sea Treaty,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably the most sophisticated\Ncommons management regime
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the planet today.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was seen as a watershed moment,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a constitution for the seas.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the language proved so controversial
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it took over 12 years\Nto gain enough signatures
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the treaty to enter into force,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some states still refuse to sign it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The objection was not so much\Nabout sharing per se,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the obligation to share.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,States felt that the principle of equality
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undermined their autonomy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and state sovereignty,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same autonomy and state sovereignty
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that underpins international law.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in many ways,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the story of the common heritage principle
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a tragedy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's powerful because\Nit makes plain the ways
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which the current world order
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will put up antibodies and defenses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resist attempts at structural reform.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the outer space treaty has already\Nmade these structural reforms.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the height of the Cold War,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,terrified that each\Nwould get to the Moon first,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United States and the USSR
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made the Westphalian equivalent\Nof a deal with the devil.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By requiring free access\Nand preventing territorial appropriation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are required to redesign\Nour most basic institutions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and perhaps in doing so
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn something new\Nwe can apply here on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So although the Moon might seem\Na little far away sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we answer basic questions now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will set precedent\Nfor who has a seat at the table
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what consent looks like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these are questions of social technology,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not rockets and hardware.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, these conversations\Nare starting to happen right now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The space community is discussing\Nbasic shared agreements
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as, how do we designate\Nlunar areas as heritage sites?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how do we get permission\Nfor where to land
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when traditional external authority
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't apply?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we enforce requirements\Nfor coordination
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it's against the rules\Nto tell people where to go?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how do we manage\Naccess to scarce resources
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as water, minerals,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even the peaks of eternal light,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,craters that sit\Nat just the right latitude
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to receive near constant exposure\Nto sunlight, and therefore power?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, some people think\Nthat the lack of rules on the Moon
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is terrifying.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are legitimately\Nsome terrifying elements of it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there are no rules on the Moon,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then won't we end up\Nin a first-come, first-served situation?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we might,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we dismiss this moment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not if we're willing to be bold
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to engage the challenge.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we learned in our communities\Nof self-governance,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's easier to create something new\Nthan trying to dismantle the old.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where else but the Moon
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can we prototype\Nnew institutions at global scale
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a self-contained environment\Nwith the exact design constraints needed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our biggest challenges here on Earth?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in 1999,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United Nations taught\Na group of young space geeks
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we could think bigger,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we could impact nations\Nif we chose to.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, the stage is set for the next step,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to envision what comes after
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,territory and borders.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.