Thailand and the Moon Village Association convene Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Western space organizations for sustainable lunar operations

Thailand is the only country in the world that has active civil and scientific space programs, and is also party to the US-led Artemis Accords as well as China-led ILRS frameworks for cooperative lunar exploration. Which is why the Moon Village Association’s 10th global lunar symposium piqued my interest since Thailand’s leading space organization, called Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), co-hosted the event in Bangkok last week on October 26 & 27. The fact that both US and Chinese government officials were present made the space event one of the few in the world of its kind. And that lunar operators from South Korea and Japan were presenting too convinced me to attend the event and cover notable highlights here on my Moon Monday blog+newsletter.Editorial disclaimer: I asked the Moon Village Association (MVA) to cover my logistical expenses of air and lodging only in return for me writing about the event on Moon Monday, which they agreed to. I did NOT…