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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.34,0:00:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, there's a lot\Nhappening with the Moon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.35,0:00:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China has announced plans\Nfor an inhabited South Pole station
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.19,0:00:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the 2030s,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.06,0:00:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the United States has\Nan official road map
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.68,0:00:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeking an increasing number of people\Nliving and working in space.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.50,0:00:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will start with\NNASA's Artemis program,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.97,0:00:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an international program to send\Nthe first woman and the next man
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.95,0:00:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Moon this decade.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.88,0:00:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Billionaires and the private sector\Nare getting involved
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.60,0:00:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in unprecedented ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.85,0:00:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are over a hundred\Nlaunch companies around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.27,0:00:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and roughly a dozen private\Nlunar transportation companies
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.94,0:00:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,readying robotic missions\Nto the lunar surface.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.75,0:00:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have reusable rockets\Nfor the first time in human history.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.17,0:00:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will enable the development\Nof infrastructure
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.74,0:00:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and utilization of resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.23,0:00:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While estimates vary, scientists think
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.79,0:00:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there could be up to a billion metric tons\Nof water ice on the Moon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.93,0:01:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's greater than the size of Lake Erie,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.38,0:01:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enough water to support\Nperhaps hundreds of thousands of people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.38,0:01:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living and working on the Moon.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.09,0:01:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So although official plans\Nare always evolving,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.12,0:01:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's real reason to think\Nthat we could see people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.76,0:01:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting to live and work on the Moon
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.58,0:01:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the next decade.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.56,0:01:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the Moon is roughly\Nthe size of the continent of Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.17,0:01:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're starting to see\Nthat the key resources
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.96,0:01:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may be concentrated in small areas
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.26,0:01:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,near the poles.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.05,0:01:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This raises important questions about\Ncoordinating access to scarce resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.87,0:01:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are also legitimate questions\Nabout going to the Moon:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.69,0:01:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,colonialism, cultural heritage
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.70,0:01:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reproducing the systemic inequalities\Nof today's capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.44,0:01:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And more to the point:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.29,0:01:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't we have enough\Nbig challenges here on Earth?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.43,0:01:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Internet governance, pandemics, terrorism\Nand, perhaps most importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.81,0:01:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate crisis and biodiversity loss.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.52,0:01:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some senses,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.71,0:02:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea of the Moon as just a destination
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.19,0:02:05.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,embodies these problematic qualities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.02,0:02:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It conjures a frontier attitude
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.14,0:02:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of conquest,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.56,0:02:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,big rockets and expensive projects,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.94,0:02:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,competition and winning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.67,0:02:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what's most interesting about the Moon
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.33,0:02:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't the billionaires with their rockets
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.89,0:02:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the same old\Npower struggle between states.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.50,0:02:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it's not the hardware at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.84,0:02:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the software.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.72,0:02:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the norms, customs and laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.27,0:02:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's our social technologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.90,0:02:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the opportunity to update\Nour democratic institutions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.69,0:02:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rule of law
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.54,0:02:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to respond to a new era\Nof planetary-scale challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.44,0:02:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to tell you about\Nhow the Moon can be a canvas
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.68,0:02:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for solving some of our biggest\Nchallenges here on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.55,0:02:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been kind of obsessed with this topic\Nsince I was a teenager.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.55,0:03:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've spent the last two decades\Nworking on international space policy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.32,0:03:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also on small community projects\Nwith bottom-up governance design.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.46,0:03:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was 17,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.89,0:03:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to a UN conference\Non the peaceful uses of outer space
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.23,0:03:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Vienna.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.00,0:03:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over two weeks, 160 young people\Nfrom over 60 countries
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.45,0:03:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were crammed into a big hotel\Nnext to the UN building.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.40,0:03:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were invited to make recommendations
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.44,0:03:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Member States
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.63,0:03:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the role of space\Nin humanity's future.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.45,0:03:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the conference,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.86,0:03:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of us were so inspired
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.58,0:03:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we actually decided\Nto keep living together.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.78,0:03:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, living with 20 people\Nmight sound kind of crazy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.15,0:03:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but over the years, it enabled us\Nto create a high-trust group
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.69,0:03:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allowed us to experiment\Nwith these social technologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.25,0:03:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We designed governance systems\Nranging from assigning a CEO
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.30,0:03:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to using a jury process.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.94,0:03:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as we grew into our careers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.44,0:04:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we moved from DC think tanks\Nto working for NASA
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.91,0:04:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to starting our own companies,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.42,0:04:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these experiments enabled us to see
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.98,0:04:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how even small groups\Ncould be a petri dish
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.00,0:04:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for important societal questions\Nsuch as representation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.76,0:04:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sustainability or opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.99,0:04:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People often talk about the Moon\Nas a petri dish
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.76,0:04:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even a blank slate.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.51,0:04:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But because of the legal agreements\Nthat govern the Moon,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.82,0:04:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it actually has something\Nvery important in common
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.01,0:04:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our global challenges here on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.34,0:04:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They both involve issues that require us\Nto think beyond territory and borders,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.56,0:04:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning the Moon is actually\Nmore of a template
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.19,0:04:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than a blank slate.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.92,0:04:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Signed in 1967, the Outer Space Treaty\Nis the defining treaty
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.31,0:04:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,governing activities in outer space,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.49,0:04:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the Moon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.64,0:04:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it has two key ingredients
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.83,0:05:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that radically alter the basis\Non which laws can be constructed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.90,0:05:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is a requirement for free access\Nto all areas of a celestial body.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.94,0:05:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second is that the Moon\Nand other celestial bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.98,0:05:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not subject to national appropriation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.62,0:05:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is crazy,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.43,0:05:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the entire earthly\Ninternational system --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.19,0:05:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United Nations,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.44,0:05:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the system of treaties\Nand international agreements --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.32,0:05:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is built on the idea of state sovereignty,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.61,0:05:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the appropriation of land\Nand resources within borders
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.94,0:05:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the autonomy to control free access\Nwithin those borders.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.62,0:05:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By doing away with both of these,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.86,0:05:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we create the conditions\Nfor what are called the "commons."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.72,0:05:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Based on the work of Nobel\NPrize-winning economist Elinor Ostrom,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.94,0:05:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,global commons are those resources\Nthat we all share
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.77,0:05:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that require us to work together\Nto manage and protect
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.67,0:06:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important aspects\Nof our survival and well-being,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.58,0:06:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like climate or the oceans.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.41,0:06:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Commons-based approaches offer\Na greenfield for institution design
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.77,0:06:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's only beginning to be explored
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.60,0:06:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the global and interplanetary level.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.76,0:06:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do property rights look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.47,0:06:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how do we manage resources
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.23,0:06:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the traditional tools\Nof external authority and private property
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.69,0:06:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't apply?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.43,0:06:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though we don't have all the answers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.71,0:06:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate, internet governance,\Nauthoritarianism --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.85,0:06:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are all deeply existential threats
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.62,0:06:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have failed to address\Nwith our current ways of thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.49,0:06:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Successful paths forward\Nwill require us to develop new tools.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.14,0:06:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do we incorporate\Ncommons-based logic
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.04,0:06:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into our global and space institutions?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.09,0:06:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, here's one attempt\Nthat came from an unlikely source.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.89,0:06:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a young activist in World War II,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.83,0:06:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arvid Pardo was arrested\Nfor anti-fascist organizing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.16,0:07:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and held under death sentence\Nby the Gestapo.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.86,0:07:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the war,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.13,0:07:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he worked his way\Ninto the diplomatic corps,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.12,0:07:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually becoming the first\Npermanent representative of Malta
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.80,0:07:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the United Nations.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.55,0:07:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pardo saw that international law\Ndid not have the tools
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.22,0:07:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to address management\Nof shared global resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.27,0:07:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the high seas.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.68,0:07:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He also saw an opportunity to advocate\Nfor equitable sharing between nations.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.16,0:07:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1967, Pardo gave a famous speech\Nto the United Nations,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.33,0:07:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,introducing the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.98,0:07:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the oceans and their resources\Nwere the "common heritage of mankind."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.73,0:07:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The phrase was eventually adopted\Nas part of the Law of the Sea Treaty,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.10,0:07:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably the most sophisticated\Ncommons-management regime
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.27,0:07:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the planet today.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.07,0:07:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was seen as a watershed moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.63,0:07:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a constitution for the seas.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.76,0:07:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the language proved so controversial
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.77,0:07:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it took over 12 years\Nto gain enough signatures
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.75,0:08:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the treaty to enter into force,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.91,0:08:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some states still refuse to sign it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.21,0:08:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The objection was not so much\Nabout sharing per se,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.17,0:08:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the obligation to share.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.12,0:08:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,States felt that the principle of equality\Nundermined their autonomy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.34,0:08:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and state sovereignty,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.74,0:08:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same autonomy and state sovereignty\Nthat underpins international law.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.63,0:08:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in many ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.05,0:08:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the story of the common heritage principle
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.65,0:08:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a tragedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.82,0:08:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's powerful because it makes plain
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.81,0:08:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ways in which the current world order\Nwill put up antibodies and defenses
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.46,0:08:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resist attempts at structural reform.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.87,0:08:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.11,0:08:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Outer Space Treaty has already\Nmade these structural reforms.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.83,0:08:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the height of the Cold War,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.45,0:08:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,terrified that each\Nwould get to the Moon first,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.26,0:09:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United States and the USSR
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.50,0:09:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made the Westphalian equivalent\Nof a deal with the devil.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.61,0:09:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By requiring free access\Nand preventing territorial appropriation,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.40,0:09:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are required to redesign\Nour most basic institutions,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.43,0:09:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and perhaps in doing so,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.22,0:09:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn something new\Nwe can apply here on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.81,0:09:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So although the Moon might seem\Na little far away sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.89,0:09:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we answer basic questions now
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.38,0:09:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will set precedent\Nfor who has a seat at the table
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.52,0:09:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what consent looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.93,0:09:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these are questions\Nof social technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.78,0:09:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not rockets and hardware.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.70,0:09:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, these conversations\Nare starting to happen right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.38,0:09:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The space community is discussing\Nbasic shared agreements,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.61,0:09:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as how do we designate\Nlunar areas as heritage sites,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.29,0:09:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how do we get permission\Nfor where to land
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.21,0:09:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when traditional external authority
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.48,0:09:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't apply?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.12,0:09:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we enforce requirements\Nfor coordination
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.12,0:10:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it's against the rules\Nto tell people where to go?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.73,0:10:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how do we manage\Naccess to scarce resources
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.36,0:10:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as water, minerals
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.73,0:10:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even the peaks of eternal light --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.04,0:10:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,craters that sit\Nat just the right latitude
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.69,0:10:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to receive near-constant\Nexposure to sunlight --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.38,0:10:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore, power?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.15,0:10:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, some people think\Nthat the lack of rules on the Moon
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.18,0:10:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is terrifying.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.76,0:10:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are legitimately\Nsome terrifying elements of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.96,0:10:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there are no rules on the Moon,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.84,0:10:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then won't we end up\Nin a first-come, first-served situation?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.45,0:10:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we might,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.49,0:10:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we dismiss this moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.47,0:10:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not if we're willing to be bold\Nand to engage the challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.83,0:10:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we learned in our communities\Nof self-governance,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.56,0:10:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's easier to create something new\Nthan trying to dismantle the old.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.82,0:10:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where else but the Moon
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.70,0:11:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can we prototype\Nnew institutions at global scale
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.92,0:11:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a self-contained environment\Nwith the exact design constraints needed
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.93,0:11:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our biggest challenges here on Earth?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.20,0:11:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in 1999,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.07,0:11:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United Nations taught\Na group of young space geeks
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.57,0:11:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we could think bigger,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.76,0:11:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we could impact nations\Nif we chose to.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.64,0:11:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, the stage is set for the next step:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.36,0:11:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to envision what comes after\Nterritory and borders.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.23,0:11:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.