There is Gold on the Moon...

By Rolando José Olivo

In the year 2067, one hundred years after the Outer Space Treaty that prohibits the appropriation of natural resources in space, from the Olimpia space station, the commander John Pickpower and his crew are in charge of various activities: making vaccines, executing tests with solar energy, destroying space debris and potentially dangerous meteorites or asteroids, and analyzing the composition of celestial bodies, looking for new materials and inquiring about existing ones.

A sensational discovery in the hidden zone of the Moon, faithfully kept in secret, sets off the alarms at Olimpia and its governing bodies (the International Space Agency and the United Nations Security Council). So much so that its geopolitical implications could lead to disowning the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and space legislation, and initiate a stage of space mining, with armed conflicts between several nations or a third world war.

Meanwhile, five spaceships of different governments and corporations, motivated by leak of information and rumors, are heading to the dark side of the Moon. The commander Pickpower has instructions to avoid the moon landings, but he has problems with the captain Nikita Glassvery, who is determined to take the command of Olimpia, and reveal to citizens that: Indeed, there is gold on the Moon! The other two crew members are: a murderer with a suspended sentence and a person with a false record.

So: What will happen when citizens know the truth? What will be the geopolitical, economic and financial implications? Considering the eminent disowning of the prohibition of appropriating natural space resources, how will remain the special legislation? Although surely, there will be an unusual beginning of the new space age...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rolando José Olivo
• Release date: Apr 12, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005303730

Rolando José Olivo

[e-mail] Instagram: @rolandojolivo Systems Engineer with 3 postgraduate degrees: Master's Degree in Applied Economics, Diploma in General Management and Specialization in Management of Social Programs (Summa Cum Laude). Work experience in companies in the oil sector, occupying these positions: Planning and Logistics Manager, Project Coordinator, Financial Advisor and Consultant. Consultant in the economic and financial area. Writer of books on economics, management, self-help, novels and Christianity, among others.