NASA is planning to launch four astronauts on its Artemis II mission on Wednesday for the Artemis IV mission, which could see Americans standing on the Moon for the first time in over 50 years in 2028. The current mission will take astronauts around the Moon before returning to Earth in 10 days. The aim of this mission is to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2030. This strategy involves using limited resources from the Moon to supplement supplies and resources needed for habitation. However, this approach could potentially lead to someone claiming sovereignty over any body in space, violating the principle of non-appropriation in international law. The US has been successful in this strategy through the Artemis Accords, an agreement signed by over 60 nations about adopting high-level principles regarding space exploration and the Moon. The agreement allows for the creation of a Moon base based on resources such as water for fuel, helium-3 for energy, rare earth elements like scandium used in electronics, and water used for fuel and energy production. However it could potentially allow China to claim a claim to extract resources from a certain lunar region, potentially opening the door to further exploration activities. The legal interpretation of this agreement suggests that whoever starts activities like research or mining in this region gets priority access to the Moon and other countries.