Colonization of the Moon to reach the moon, to offer a hand . . . . The idea is to spread the costs, but also spread the wealth." In 2016, Johann-Dietrich Wörner, the Chief of ESA, proposed the International Moon Village as a non-governmental organization (NGO), and in November 2017, the Moon Village Association was created. This organization aims to promote international discussions to foster the implementation of a permanent human settlement near the lunar south pole. Exploration of the lunar surface by spacecraft began in 1959 with the Soviet Union's Luna program. Luna 1 missed the Moon, but Luna 2 made a hard
Martin Craft recorded the album "Blood Moon", which attracted the attention of Jeff Barrett of Heavenly Recordings. The label released the album on 17 June 2016. The music video for the single "Chemical Trails" was directed by fellow Australian, photographer George Byrne. "Blood Moon" features ten songs based on piano improvisations by Craft. Participating performers are Seb Rochford, Kristina Train and Mary Lattimore. Craft tended to play most of the instruments on his own records, and has most often acted as his own engineer and producer. Whilst many of his songs incorporate folk-style finger-picking, others draw their inspiration from dance-influenced pop, Latin