The moon and the cislunar space surrounding it are increasingly becoming the focus of
astropolitical and technological competition. The new race to the moon has long been
has long been more than a symbolic prestige project of individual states: It is about long-term
strategic control over future communication, navigation and raw materials infrastructures
infrastructures beyond the Earth's atmosphere. The moon and the region
and the region between it and the Earth are becoming a highly relevant security
space in which technological superiority and regulatory standards are being renegotiated.
are being renegotiated. The USA, China, Russia and the EU, as well as other players such as India and
Japan as well as various private space companies are investing massively in lunar missions
and orbital expansion - also against the strategic backdrop of further plans for future Mars missions.
future Mars missions.

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