The Moon has a special scientific, cultural, and ethical significance.
The Guide to Lunar Science & Ethics is the starting point to preserve it.
The GLES is open for comments
On June 9th, 2025, LPP shared a first version of the GLES with the participants involved in these consultations and all other interested stakeholders for their feedback.
On June 24th, LPP unveiled V1 of the GLES during the 68th Session of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space during a side event co-hosted with our closest partner and funder, the Open Lunar Foundation.
Based on the comments received, LPP has developed a second version and shared it for a second round of comments between July 21st and August 20th.
A third revised version will be released in late August, aiming to releasing the final GLES in September.
Mapping the Landscape of
Lunar Science & Ethics
The Guide to Lunar Science and Ethics is the first document identifying key scientific, cultural, and ethical interests in lunar exploration, and assess a path forward for a balanced approach, based upon 5 months of extensive global consultations with key scientific institutions and civil society entities worldwide.
The GLES is divided in 4 sections:
Part I presents background information on LPP and outlines goals, structure, vision and methodology of the GLES.
Part II presents key scientific, cultural and ethical interests, including an overview of potentially competing ones.
Part III outlines a variety of requirements suggested by stakeholders to preserve the interests identified in Part I,
presents fragmentation gaps, and concludes with
an analysis on convergence and divergence.
Part IV concludes by summarising key takeaways and
proposing baseline suggestions on due regard, foundational principles and necessary practices to continue the conversation.