MVA Newsletter - April 2024
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International Moon Day 2024
IMD 2024 Global Events - Second Call for Organisers
The Second Call for proposals for organising an IMD 2024 Global Event is now open. Join us for celebrating this monumental day, organise an event in your country!
Climate Action + Lunar Exploration
April 22, 2024 at 18:00-21:00 CEST
Join us this Earth Day, April 22, 2024, for a groundbreaking exploration of climate action and lunar exploration from 9am-12pm PDT | 6pm-9pm CEST. Hosted by the Moon Village Association and The Human Space Program in cooperation with Cosmic Citizen Trainings, Inc., this expert panel event aims to foster in-depth discussions on the environmental challenges and opportunities facing Earth and the Moon. With the collective marketing efforts of MVA and HSP, and participation encouraged across personal and organizational social media platforms, we aim to reach a broad audience, inspiring actionand participation in shaping our collective future.
Register now at cosmiccitizen.org/space4earth
Join the conversation with leading experts, including Justin Ahasteen, Dr. Namrata Goswami, and more. This is your opportunity to contribute to a dialogue that seeks common ground towards sustainable solutions for our planet and beyond. Let's come together to make a meaningful impact this Earth Day.
More info:
8th Global Moon Village Workshop & Synposium
The 8th Global Moon Village Workshop & Symposium is going to Luxembourg this year as part of the Luxembourg Space Agency 's Luxembourg Space Week!
Join us on December 2-4 at the European Convention Centre Luxembourg (ECCL)
More info coming soon!
MVA Welcomes a new Vice President
MVA Board is happy to welcome Mr. Gary Barnhard as the new Vice President!
Gary Barnhard, a self-described synergistic technological philanthropist, entrepreneur, and serial venture capitalist now serving as the President & CEO of Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships, Inc. (XISP-Inc), a start-up company focused on Cislunar technology missiondevelopment work as well as Barnhard Associates, LLC, a systems engineering consulting firm and Internet Service Provider (Xisp.net) based in Cabin John, Maryland. He is a robotic space systems engineer whose professional work includes many robotic, space, andcomputer systems engineering projects.
MVA Welcomes a new Global Network Coordinator
Olivia Joikits has joined the MVA Team as the new Global Network Coordinator!
Olivia Joikits is an architect with dual master's degrees, focusing on cutting-edge parametric design, sustainability, and the technical-engineering aspects vital for innovative architecture. Currently, she is advancing her expertise through an MBA in Space Architecture, which uniquely positions him at the intersection of traditional strategic architectural principles and the novel challenges of space environments.
MVA Paricipation at the 1st International Symposium on Moon Farside Protection: A Revolutionary Event in the Space Sector
MVA President, Dr Giuseppe Reibaldi delivered a presentation about the Moon Village, at the 1st International Symposium on Moon Farside Protection.
The 1st International Symposium on Moon Farside Protection was held in Turin, Italy on March 21-22.More info about the symposium: www.moonfarsideprotection.org
Call for Proposals to host the 2025 Global Moon Village Workshop & Symposium
The Workshop & Symposium is the major annual forum organized by MVA. It is devoted to discussions of different aspects of the exploration and utilization of the Moon, and is focused on the most recent progress achieved by the MVA along the lines of its ongoing activities and on the future planning. Its location is alternated anually between Europe, the Americas and Asia. The 2025 event will be held in the Americas.
If you are interested in organising the 2025 Workop & Symposium in your country, please see the Call for Proposals.
Cultural Considerations WG webinar – Still as bright
May 14 2024, 17:30 CEST
“Still as Bright blends scientific, cultural and personal strands in an exploration of the Moon and its place in our lives and in mine. I come to know the Moon through my backyard telescope, traversing its wild and sublime surface while contemplating place, time, childhood, mortality—and the future of humans on the Moon. You’ll meet forgotten selenographers, astronauts, scientists, artists and lunar bat-men (hint: they’re not real). You’ll witness a rocket launch, my failed attempt at an occult lunar ritual (a bit icky) and join me at the eyepiece of the 60-inch reflector at Mt. Wilson, California (like orbiting in a capsule).” -Christopher Cokinos
The PESC Project is looking for a Partnership?Development Officer
The PESC Project is looking for a Communication Officer
MVA Adaptive Governance WG
The Adaptive Governance WG is the forum to discuss lunar governance and policy issues with the spirit of the Adaptive Governance. The WG has been the incubator of the MVA Best Practices as well as the Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities, which has become one of the showcase activities of the MVA.
The Group is holding monthly meetings, with participants from all the world. The Group is focal point to discuss MVA activities at the United Nation COPUOS. This includes the GEGSLA status/reporting as well as the MVA position for the Space Resources Working Group within the Legal Subcommittee
One of the project on-going is related to Benefit Sharing of countries participating in Lunar activities. This project, close to the end this year, has involved developing countries to better understand how to involve them in the lunar exploration and utilization.
The Working Group website includes also several white papers related to activities carries out, these are related to Interface Harmonization, Registration of Landing sites and more.
If you are interested in policy and governance issues, this is your Working Group where you can learn about recent developments also in the United Nations, join on-going project and propose new one.
Join MVA to participate in the WG activities
If you would like to support MVA's activities and our Team?for 2024 and help us reach our goals, we kindly invite you to consider donating to our cause!
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