How will the U.S. and NASA protect the Apollo landing sites from accidental damage and treasure hunters.
With the 50th anniversary of the first moon landings coming up and the prospect of having new lunar explorers both state-sponsored and private companies how do you protect what are arguably some of the most important scientific and cultural historic sites in human history. You would think that the very position of the Apollo landing sites, the Russian lunokhods and the Chinese Jade rabbit would be enough to keep them safe but there is a similar parallel with a wreck of a Titanic. That sank in 1912 in 3800 meters, roughly 12,500 feet of water, its exact position unknown in what was thought to be an unattainable place, that was until its discovery in 1985 and within just a few years treasure hunters were recovering artifacts in what many compared to as grave robbing or the plundering of the pyramids. Check out my article about Why did we stop going back to the moon? here . Now obviously it's far more difficult to get to the moon than it is to the Titanic but thes...