title: The Role of Private Sector in Space Settlements
abstract: In 1969, with the Apollo 11 mission, the first humans took the first step on the Moon. Starting perhaps with Méliès and his film “Le Voyage dans la Lune” and continuing through Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” and all the episodes of “Star Trek” and beyond, cinematography has captured one of humanity’s greatest dreams in images: the exploration of the universe. In today’s landscape, the new goal is not only to return to the Moon but also to establish settlements and explore various other potent