A team of tech engineers and executives at Silicon Valley wish to make a multinational, peaceful lunar settlement. As per media, the San Francisco-located Open Lunar Foundation aims to spend in hardware "to pace the settlement and exploration of the moon." And it has promised of making a type of cooperative that would not be connected to one specific billionaire or nation.
The Open Lunar Foundation was created a couple years back when its establishers realized a tiny lunar settlement may be achievable for almost $2–3 Billion. They collaborated optimistically, expecting to lay the basis for a pleasant settlement. "If we do not get involved, then by definition the future of mankind settlement in the orbit will mirror the status quo of those presently dominating. To see things performed in a different way on the moon, we had to begin testing now," claimed Jessy Kate Schingler, who helped form the group and operated at a rocket startup.
While a moon co-op may seem unlikely, the Open Lunar Foundation has already drawn attention of big names such as Will Marshall, Chris Hadfield, Robbie Schingler, and Simon "Pete" Worden. The foundation allegedly has almost $5 Million and it will probably begin with smaller trips to put robotic systems and probes on the moon. As the name recommends, the Open Lunar Foundation expects to employ open-source model of the tech to share plans for its missions and hardware.
On a related note, earlier this year marked the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing and PBS celebrated the event by broadcasting a space-based mini-web-series. The broadcaster launched the 6-episode series Stellar on June 20, 2019, publishing the episodes on its Facebook and YouTube pages. The series featured 3 of its space-fond hosts: Dianna Cowern, Matt Dowd, and Joe Hanson.