Nearly 500,000 pounds of human material remains unregulated on the Moon

No binding law governs objects left on the lunar surface, as debris accumulates and concerns over safety and sacred use mount.

Luisa Marconi

Senior Space Correspondent

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Humans have left nearly 500,000 pounds of material on the surface of the Moon to date. Most of this mass is discarded government landers and inactive spacecraft.^[1]