Securing a Cislunar Future: Markets, Minerals, and Momentum

We invite you to join the Beyond Earth Working Group Report Webinar Series to spotlight and unpack the 2025-2026 Working Group papers. Each session will feature the experts behind this work and offer a focused deep dive into the ideas shaping the future of space development. 

We continue the series with our second session: 

Securing a Cislunar Future: Markets, Minerals, and Momentum

As interest and activity between Earth and the Moon accelerate, the cislunar region is emerging as a new economic, strategic, and geopolitical domain. Once viewed primarily through the lens of exploration, cislunar space is now becoming a platform for sustained commercial activity, scientific innovation, and international competition. From lunar resources and in-space manufacturing to shared infrastructure, governance frameworks, and investment models, decisions made today will shape how this economy develops for decades to come.

Building on the findings of the Beyond Earth Working Group’s report, “Securing a Cislunar Future: Markets, Minerals, and Momentum,” this webinar convenes experts from industry, policy, finance, and academia to explore the evolving foundations of the cislunar economy. Panelists will discuss emerging market opportunities, infrastructure needs, investment and risk-sharing models, and the role of policy and international norms in enabling sustainable growth. The conversation will examine where commercial momentum is already forming, where uncertainty remains, and what signals will define a successful, resilient cislunar economic future.

Speakers

• Dr. Andrew Aldrin, Program Coordinator, Masters of Space Operations. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Hoyt Davidson, Founder & Managing Partner, Near Earth LLC
• Chris Salvino, CEO & Founder, Lunar Helium-3 Mining (LH3M
• Jack Gregg, Adjunct Professor & Author
• Moderated by Courtney Smith, Working Group Writer and Manager, Beyond Earth Institute

About the Working Group & Reports

The Beyond Earth Institute Leadership Council convenes industry leaders, policy experts, innovators, and researchers to tackle critical questions shaping the future of space development.

The 2025-2026 papers include:
• Blueprints for Off-World Living: Scaling Human Settlements in Space
• Securing a Cislunar Future: Markets, Minerals, and Momentum
• The Future of Commercial Space Stations: Key Issues in Commercial LEO Development and Policy Recommendations
• On To Mars: A Readiness Assessment for Mars Exploration and Settlement

Download the reports from this page.