On October 13, the Artemis Accords were signed between the United State and seven allied nations with national space programs: Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, United Arab Emerates and United Kingdom. These are bilateral accords that have mutual defense obligations if any nations experience harmful interference in their explorations of the Moon, Mars, asteroids and minor planets. This is first step towards a Space NATO, and a future Star Fleet. The choice of Artemis as the name for the accords is very significant symbolically given what has been happening in space by rogue entities.