Top NASA Official Says India Needs To Join The US-Led Artemis Accords
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The benefit is that India declares that they are a global space power and value things like sustainable exploration, responsible use of space, she said.
India, which is a global power and one of the few countries with independent access to space, needs to be a part of the Artemis team, which brings like-minded countries together on civil space exploration, a top NASA official has said.
Grounded in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 (OST), the Artemis Accords are a non-binding set of principles designed to guide civil space exploration and use in the 21st century. It is an American-led effort to return humans to the moon by 2025, with the ultimate goal of expanding space exploration to Mars and beyond.
Bhavya Lal, the associate administrator for technology, policy, and strategy within the office of the NASA Administrator, told PTI on Friday that, as of May 2023, there were 25 signatories to the Artemis Accords and that it was hoped that India would become the 26th country.
"I think signing the Artemis Accords should be a priority for India. I mean, NASA feels pretty strongly that India is a global power. It's one of the few countries with independent access to space, has a thriving launch industry, has been to the moon, and has been to Mars; it needs to be part of the Artemis team," she said.
