Artemis coalition and International Lunar Research Station project court European participation
VP Harris (L) utilizes space diplomacy with oldest USA ally France, possible 15th member state joining Artemis Accords agreement on lunar exploration / extraction planning Human Moon landings NET 2025; In turn VP Harris commits USA to France-led climate sat interoperability / data exchange Space Climate Observatory with 35 signatories including UNOOSA, Brazil, China, Israel, Russia, Sweden, UK Space Agencies; Roscosmos Director Rogozin (R) declares Luna-27 NET 2025 will be truly international; China neighbors in SE Asia including Thailand may join ILRS and/or Artemis
Progress update on Artemis / First Woman on the Moon / First Person of Color on the Moon coming via 
USA VP Harris gives remarks 5 Nov at NASA GSFC in Greenbelt MD, research lab responsible for world-class Earth observation Landsat mission; As National Space Council Chair, Harris announced inaugural session of term 1 Dec, alluding to “comprehensive framework for space priorities” pending announcement; Climate change mitigation, beneficial technology transfer, commercial viability, security themes addressed; Historical invocations of first USA spaceflight by Alan Shepard, fellow Democrats JFK / LBJ, and 12 Moonwalkers followed by closing statement “While exploration of space defined 20th Century, the opportunity of space will define 21st Century”
Jervis Autonomous Module (JAM) is planned module for self-flying space vehicles with communication / navigation capabilities beyond range of GNSS and without constraints inherent to deep space network; System to be built by Rhea Space Activity with venture capital backing of SpaceFund, led by (R-L) Rick Tumlinson and Meagan Crawford; JAM to utilize 
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NASA to construct its first autonomous Moon rover, 
Lunar exploration thought leaders are meeting at International Astronautical Congress 2021 in Dubai; ‘Towards Sustainable Lunar Activities’, presented by Moon Village Association / moderated by physicist (clockwise from TL) John Mankins will feature panelists including Mike Gold of Redwire and Romanian Astronaut Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu; ESA plan for cislunar communications will be discussed during ‘Moonlight: Connecting Earth with the Moon’ with panelists Nelly Offord (SSTL), Dan Hendrickson (Astrobotic); ‘Building the Lunar Ecosystem Today’ has focus on lunar economy
Space Launch System, fully stacked with Orion spacecraft in Block 1 configuration stands 98 m tall / 8.4 m diameter at KSC FL; to undergo interface, stage systems, communications, countdown sequencing, wet dress testing prior to Artemis I inaugural uncrewed Moon flyby, launch window opening 12 Feb 2022; SN20 prototype at Starbase TX is 120 m high / 9 m diameter stacked; Elon Musk claims orbital test ending near Kaua’i HI NET November, with utilization of Mechazilla “robot chopsticks” affixed to launch tower to catch Super Heavy first stage
Cislunar space is subject of USA commercial and government attention with US$697,000 SBIR phase 2 award to Rhea Space Activity funding development of cislunar tracking system as plans are made for refueling / resupply depots at Earth-Moon Lagrange points; Access to key trajectories / areas in and around Moon will be competitive, highlighting need for 1959 Antarctica Treaty-style diplomacy guaranteeing Apollo ‘In Peace for All’ ethos in keeping with spirit of 1967 Outer Space Treaty, foundation of modern Artemis Accords
With relations normalized under 2020 Abraham Accords, UAE and Israel now leading way forward with space diplomacy centered on US$100M Beresheet 2 lunar lander under MoU signed by (L-R) UAESA Chairwoman Sarah Al Amiri and Israel Minister of Science & Technology Orit Farkash-Hacohen; Beresheet 2 data to be used in educational program to precisely determine New Year under Islamic and Jewish lunar calendars; Data-sharing project in support of agriculture / climate monitoring from VENµS Israeli / France 12 spectral-band small sat also in works