At least getting to the moon is getting a whole lot cheaper than it used to be. Will be interesting to see when Moon Express do get their launch, which after all is scheduled for this year. Now although I am a bit sceptical as to whether that will happen this year, it is great to see the progress made in the Google Lunar XPRICE.

The world will also have to revisit its now almost ancient Outer Space Treaty. It is interesting that the US and Luxembourg, now home to the countries looking to exploit this opportunity both on the moon and on asteroids, have gone ahead and established their own laws. It will hopefully force the hand of the UN to up the pace on finding a new agreement.