Issued: February 2026Environmental Policy Statement
We issue this statement as our sole environmental policy.Lunar industrialization must be prohibited until a binding, enforceable governance framework is in place that protects scientific, environmental, and planetary interaction considerations.
What does this mean?1.
Nothing else exerts a more consistent or necessary influence on Earth’s environmental systems.
The Moon preserves the conditions life depends on.
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The Moon’s gravity pulls ocean water across Earth’s surface twice a day, creating the tides that regulate temperature, oxygenate coastal waters, and circulate nutrients through marine ecosystems.
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Earth once spun through a full rotation every six hours. The Moon’s gravitational pull gradually slowed it to 24. It shaped the conditions for atmospheric rhythm, circadian biology, and the daily structure life depends on.
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Earth tilts at a 23.5° angle. The Moon keeps that tilt steady over time. Without it, Earth’s axis could shift chaotically between 0° and 60°, leading to climate extremes that would permanently alter weather systems. Predictable seasons are lunar-assisted.
2.There is not yet an established governance framework to manage activities on the Moon.
Lunar activity is moving faster than the laws designed to regulate it.
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There is no international legal mechanism that governs how private activity on the Moon affects its environment. Heat emissions, rocket exhaust, surface dust migration, and disruption of Cold Traps are all currently outside the scope of enforceable regulation. Lunar systems are fragile, and no planetary protection standard exists to prevent irreversible harm.
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There is no recognized legal framework for lunar land claims, no governing body to supervise industrial activity, and no enforcement regime to intervene. Current treaties are either outdated, non-binding, or built for scientific cooperation, not corporate infrastructure.
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Treaties prohibit owning the Moon, but they do allow protections against “harmful interference.” This means the first company or nation to land equipment in a valuable location can effectively control it. No deed is required. Presence is enough to deny access to others.
We Don't Know How Much It Takes.
3.Scientific concern is growing, but the data is incomplete because the damage hasn’t happened at scale yet.
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The Moon has no atmosphere, weather, or water cycle. So dust doesn’t settle, gases don’t disperse, and contamination doesn’t fade. If that disruption alters how the Moon reflects heat or redistributes mass, even small changes could affect tides, ocean rhythms, or gravitational stability on Earth.
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There is no environmental monitoring system for the Moon. Most of what we know comes from short-duration missions, not from testing long-term industrial presence. That means the only way to measure the damage is to cause it and once we do, there is no undoing it.
Mars Is the Viable Alternative.
4.Unlike the Moon, Mars has no gravitational, magnetic, or environmental relationship with Earth. Its disruption does not cascade back into our systems.
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Mars does not regulate Earth’s tides, tilt, or climate stability. Its gravitational influence on Earth is minimal. Unlike the Moon, it has no entangled role in sustaining the planetary rhythms life depends on.
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Mars is geologically inactive and lacks a large moon. It has no magnetic field, exerts no gravitational or tidal influence on Earth, and has no functioning ecosystems.
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Mars is reachable, available, and distant enough not to interfere with Earth’s delicate systems. That makes it a viable site for industrial exploration and human presence.