The cold-war space race between the Soviet Union and America, the latter’s Apollo Moon missions were mostly about making a political and technological point. Having made it, they duly ceased. Now, approaching half a century after astronauts last walked on the Moon, a new age of lunar exploration is dawning. Now, the goal is not just to get people and machines on or near to Earth’s satellite, but also to sustain operations there. Why is moon of great interest to most countries ?

