HI SCR73

Requests the Office of Aerospace Development within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish and administer the Multinational Lunar Architecture Alliance to guide development and implementation of prototype lunar architecture in Hawaii County.

Alliance membership comprises representatives from Hawaii-based aerospace organizations, NASA, federal agencies (FAA, US Pacific Command, US Army Pacific Command), international space agencies, universities, corporations, space advocacy groups, and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.

Requires the Alliance to hold its first organizational teleconference by August 1, 2017, coordinated by the Office of Aerospace Development.

Directs the Alliance to develop an agenda and invitational list for staging an international lunar development summit in Hawaii County in October 2017.

October 2017 summit should focus on identifying major goals and challenges for prototype lunar architecture design and validation, and formulating strategies for public-private partnerships supporting multinational research activities and commercial ventures on the lunar surface and in cis-lunar space.