Given the lack of clear ownership of the Moon, it seems unlikely that there will be a robust industrial relations framework in place before mining begins. Whic

Given the lack of clear ownership of the Moon, it seems unlikely that there will be a robust industrial relations framework in place before mining begins. Which seems correct to me. It's not like it's easy to accidentally end up as a space miner with bad working conditions. To claim that unwitting people will be tricked into these conditions in the near future is to have watched too much sci-fi. More likely, moon miners will be highly trained, highly skilled, highly paid, and highly aware of the risks. This might change when we reach the point where it's cheap and easy to get and house lots of them up there. But that's far away still.