Apollo

• Every human civilization has looked to the stars and used celestial movements to measure time and find meaning.
• This insatiable thirst for knowledge combined with technological advancements have made it possible for us to dream of travelling in space.
• Six decades later, plans are ramping up for space tourism, missions to the moon and Mars, and mining on the moon.

The dawn of the Anthropocene

• There is a movement among the international geologic scientific community calling for a new epoch — the Anthropocene — reflecting the enormous extent to which human activity has altered the planet since the end of the Second World War.
• According to their research, the starting point for the Anthropocene has been identified as beginning in the 1950s, and the fallout from nuclear testing.
• The case for a lunar Anthropocene is interesting.

Damaging the Earth

• For humanities researchers and artists, the importance of the Anthropocene lies in the power the concept has to evoke human responsibility for bringing the Earth’s system to a tipping point.
• For millenia, most societies understood the importance of their relationship with the natural world for survival.
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A lunar Anthropocene

• And now the Anthropocene, this age of human impact, is also arriving on the moon.
• An increasing number of moon missions and extracting resources from the moon could destroy lunar environments.
• If the intent is to issue a word of caution and pre-emptively shock and elicit a feeling of responsibility on the part of those actors likely to impact the moon’s surface, it may very well be the right time to name a lunar Anthropocene.

Christine Daigle receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Liette Vasseur receives funding from the Exploration New Frontiers Research Funds. Jennifer Ellen Good does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• Many of those examples are highlighted in NASA's annual Spinoff book including dozens of NASA-enabled medical innovations, as well other advancements.
• Technologies for diagnosing illnesses like the coronavirus, hepatitis, and cancer have also stemmed from NASA's space exploration and science endeavors.
• The book also features several technologies NASA has identified as promising future spinoffs and information on how to license agency tech.
• Spinoffs are part of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate and its Technology Transfer program .

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• This innovative system facilitates the generation of hydrogen through an electrolysis process, where clean electricity splits water into hydrogen and oxygen.
• HyAxiom is also exhibiting the PureCell® Model 400, the only commercially available fuel cell which successfully operates on 100% hydrogen.
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• NormanMax Insurance Holdings, Inc., the US based parametric (re)insurance group, has received ‘approval in principle’ from Lloyd’s to launch a syndicate in 2024, to be managed by Apollo Syndicate Management Ltd, the market leading innovative integrated insurance Group.
• NormanMax Syndicate 3939 aims to commence underwriting in April 2024, focusing on natural catastrophe parametric (re)insurance products that creates a unique and innovative business opportunity to Lloyd’s market.
• The ability to provide worldwide access to parametric insurance solutions that utilize both public and proprietary data via Syndicate 3939 is a great first step in the mainstream adoption of parametric products.
• “NormanMax Syndicate 3939 will be distributing its products globally, including in many underserved markets that traditionally lack a broad spectrum of insurance solutions.