Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen had an emotional message before he and three colleagues set off for the Moon earlier this year on the Artemis II mission: “We go for all humanity.”
The successful 10-day lunar flyby mission was an impressive scientific feat. But its importance may not have been for all humanity: it was primarily geopolitical. Because, just like the 20th-century space race between the Soviets and Americans, the new race to return to the Moon is highly politically charged.
To stop this race from morphing into a future catastrophe — one that could have debilitating consequences for life on Earth — there’s an urgent need to strengthen how space is governed. Only by fostering a deeper sense of “space citizenship” will all of humanity benefit from our journeys to the Moon — and beyond.
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