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SOURCE: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10/nasa-builds-support-for-artemis-by-signing-accords-with-seven-countries/
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NASA appears to be making good progress in building international support for a plan to return humans to the Moon in the 2020s.On Tuesday, during the virtual meeting of the International Astronautical Foundation, the space agency signed "accords" with seven other countries that will establish norms for cooperation among nations to explore the Moon, Mars, and other destinations in the Solar System.Signing the Artemis Accords alongside the United States were Australia, Canada, Japan, Luxembourg, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates. That is, if nations want to participate in a NASA-led program of human exploration into deep space they have to agree to do things like mitigate orbital debris."If one of the participants chooses to disregard the guidance of the other participants, I guess ultimately they could be asked to leave the Artemis Program," he said. In return, their astronauts may get seats on future lunar missions.One country that has publicly resisted participation in the accords is Russia, a nation that NASA has worked with for nearly 50 years in space and upon whom the United States relied until recently to get its astronauts to the International Space Station.During the virtual meeting on Monday, the head of Russia's space corporation, Dmitry Rogozin, complained that the Artemis Program is too "US-centric." This mirrors his past criticism of the plan—in contrast to other members of the International Space Station partnership.

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