https://thenextweb.com/syndication/2020/10/19/countries-wont-sign-this-moon-exploration-agreement-because-its-too-us-centric/ > Eight countries have signed the Artemis Accords, a set of guidelines surrounding the Artemis Program for crewed exploration of the Moon. The United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, Canada, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates , and the US are now all participants in the project, which aims to return humans to the moon by 2024 and establish a crewed lunar base by 2030. > This may sound like progress. Nations have for a number of years struggled with the issue of how to govern a human settlement on the Moon and deal with the management of any resources. But a number of key countries have serious concerns about the accords and have so far refused to sign them.