Declare the International Lunar Decade to explore the Moon for its resources and develop capabilities for development

While much has been learned about the Moon over the decades since the beginning of spaceflight, understanding of its potential resource wealth is incomplete and the technologies to exploit those resources remain to be developed. Now with China, Russia, and the US demonstrating the ability to land and operate on the Moon, and with ESA, India, Japan, and others developing such abilities, it is clear that capabilities to exploit the resources of the Moon can be developed. The discovery of water at the lunar poles, near elevations in permanent sunshine ideal for solar power, has resulted in plans for exploitation of water resources for fuel for operations in space to lower costs and increase opportunities for scientific and commercial missions. See http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2431/1