The Moon’s own public administration
Lunar Administration represents lunar communities and their shared public infrastructure. Its civic identity is deliberately separate from Earth-Moon Operations: the Moon is not an operational annex of an Earth traffic command. Polar settlements, nearside communities, farside observatories and orbital residents have different needs, but share a charter for essential services, local representation and accountable resource use. The administration connects those districts to Water & Volatiles Commission, Resources & Circular Industry Commission, Science & Discovery Commission and the common citizenship framework.
Choose your route
Office output: Lunar Administration service and charter plan
People and households
Register a birth in a habitat
Decision owner: Citizenship & Mobility Commission
Reunite a family across regions
Decision owner: Citizenship & Mobility Commission
Replace a lost travel credential
Decision owner: Citizenship & Mobility Commission
Transfer a pension or benefit
Decision owner: Social Protection Commission
Companies and cooperatives
Request public records
Decision owner: Archives, Libraries & Memory Commission
Obtain legal aid remotely
Decision owner: Justice & Legal Cooperation Commission
Research and civic organisations
Request public records
Decision owner: Archives, Libraries & Memory Commission
Obtain legal aid remotely
Decision owner: Justice & Legal Cooperation Commission
Public administrations
Register a birth in a habitat
Decision owner: Citizenship & Mobility Commission
Reunite a family across regions
Decision owner: Citizenship & Mobility Commission
Transfer a pension or benefit
Decision owner: Social Protection Commission
Polar compacts, local councils and farside stewardship
The lunar compact gives local councils ordinary civic powers and reserves common decisions for resources, transport interfaces and protected sites that cross district boundaries. Polar access boards hear utility cooperatives, scientific custodians and affected communities before allocating extraction footprints. Observatory objections in farside quiet zones are assessed independently of commercial transport demand. Shared Earth-Moon operations sit in a joint interface record; neither an Earth scheduling slot nor a lunar residence determination automatically settles the other issue.
Lunar homes, water reserves and a diverse economy
Civic provision includes habitat birth registration, schooling across small settlements, portable qualifications, tenancy protection, accessible surface travel and care referrals to regional or off-world facilities. Public water allocation protects emergency and household reserves before discretionary industrial use. Heritage work covers early landing sites and the wider social record of settlement, with community custodians participating in decisions. The economy combines fabrication, research, servicing, resource recovery and gateway trade; regional support aims to avoid dependence on one water supplier or launch concession.
Allocation, quiet zones and shared transport interfaces
A lunar infrastructure proposal is assessed for pressure boundaries, dust pathways, reserve demands, approach routes and the effect on nearby protected sites. The utility ledger separates physical custody, public allocation and commercial supply contracts. A maintenance outage must identify temporary refill points, receiving medical needs and an accessible communication channel. Farside radio-quiet permissions specify which operations must pause and which services need an alternative relay. Rescue agreements identify the command handoff to Earth-Moon Operations without transferring lunar civic powers.
A case in practice
A south-polar cooperative proposes a shared ice-processing plant. The district first records household and emergency water needs, then asks Water & Volatiles Commission to review allocation and quality duties. Resources & Circular Industry Commission examines custody and closure commitments; scientific and heritage custodians review the footprint and transport plumes. The approved compact can reserve water for new communities while limiting industrial draw. A dispute about one extraction stage does not suspend essential water access for workers or residents.
Regional priorities
Polar water commons
Protect emergency reserves before allocating industrial extraction.
Explore this programme →Farside quiet zones
Publish radio-quiet limits and independent observatory objections.
Explore this programme →Settlement charters
Keep local civic government distinct from Earth-Moon transport operations.
Explore this programme →Dust and heritage
Review transport plumes near habitat intakes and protected landing sites.
Explore this programme →A service for this place
Lunar communities and utility cooperatives
Request shared lunar ice access
A shared-access determination with water reserves and public monitoring.
Read eligibility and procedure →Lunar autonomy is separate from the blue Earth-Moon Operations identity. Shared-route cases can be referred to EMO.
Districts and local offices
Govern north-polar lunar services with public water reserves and locally accountable research interfaces.
Coordinate south-polar lunar allocations across community, utility and scientific custodians.
Maintain nearside settlements' civic provision alongside gateway, fabrication and cultural stewardship.
Protect farside research interests while supporting chartered communities and accessible services.
Coordinate lunar orbital communities and servicing gateways with locally recognised civic duties.
Public records and accountability
LUN/REGRegional public service plan; local charter register; infrastructure and resilience report.
Accessible assistance, evidence alternatives, institutional handoffs and review.