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C. Maccone
8.1 History
On June 10th, 2010, this author made a presentation in front of the United Nations
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in Vienna. His presentation was of course archived by the Office of Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) and is
freely downloadable at the web site https://www.unoosa.org/pdf/pres/copuos2010/
tech-06E.pdf.
He made this presentation on behalf of the International Academy of Astronautics
(IAA, based in Paris) and the Fig. 8.1 shows him while making his presentation, while
Fig. 8.2 shows his United Nations badge.
This presentation’s goal was to ask the United Nations to protect a circular piece
of land on the Moon Farside centered around the Antipode (the point opposite to the
Earth at the Farside center). The word “protect” means here to reserve that “Protected
Antipode Circle (PAC)” for use by scientists only, especially radio astronomers,
forbidding any other non-scientific activity by realtors, industry, tourists and the
military. A neat description of this project was recently re-published in Reference [1],
and will not be repeated here. Previous work by this author and his co-workers Salvo
Pluchino and Nicolò Antonietti are described by the References [2–5]. However,
our readers are strongly advised to read those papers carefully, just to know the
reasons why they, and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in particular,
should support this author’s project before it gets too late. Thanks.
Fig. 8.1 Claudio Maccone while making his presentation at the IAA Seat in COPUOS, the United
Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, on June 10, 2010 in Vienna, Austria. That
was possible since the IAA is a Non-Governmental-Organization (NGO) recognized as such by the
United Nations
C. Maccone
8.1 History
On June 10th, 2010, this author made a presentation in front of the United Nations
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in Vienna. His presentation was of course archived by the Office of Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) and is
freely downloadable at the web site https://www.unoosa.org/pdf/pres/copuos2010/
tech-06E.pdf.
He made this presentation on behalf of the International Academy of Astronautics
(IAA, based in Paris) and the Fig. 8.1 shows him while making his presentation, while
Fig. 8.2 shows his United Nations badge.
This presentation’s goal was to ask the United Nations to protect a circular piece
of land on the Moon Farside centered around the Antipode (the point opposite to the
Earth at the Farside center). The word “protect” means here to reserve that “Protected
Antipode Circle (PAC)” for use by scientists only, especially radio astronomers,
forbidding any other non-scientific activity by realtors, industry, tourists and the
military. A neat description of this project was recently re-published in Reference [1],
and will not be repeated here. Previous work by this author and his co-workers Salvo
Pluchino and Nicolò Antonietti are described by the References [2–5]. However,
our readers are strongly advised to read those papers carefully, just to know the
reasons why they, and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in particular,
should support this author’s project before it gets too late. Thanks.
Fig. 8.1 Claudio Maccone while making his presentation at the IAA Seat in COPUOS, the United
Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, on June 10, 2010 in Vienna, Austria. That
was possible since the IAA is a Non-Governmental-Organization (NGO) recognized as such by the
United Nations