Marking the Moon without claiming it

Conceptual artist Samuel Stubblefield plans a “lunar sanctuary” to operate within the Artemis Accords and to show how governance can work in advance of rules.

Samuel Stubblefield in Davos, where he discussed a planned lunar project that he says is intended to provoke debate about preservation and governance as commercial activity on the Moon accelerates. (J. Heilprin/The Science Diplomat)

DAVOS, Switzerland — This is conceptual artist Samuel Stubblefield’s moonshot. Next summer, the surface of the Moon will be…