Awareness of Cislunar Space Logistic Importance Growing within Government and Think Tanks
As prospects of sustained operations on the Moon nears, unique orbital mechanics of Earth-Moon system draw attention of mission planners and commentators; Chang’e-5T1 service module DFH-3A currently occupies Earth-Moon Lagrange Point 2 serving as communication relay, while stable L4 and L5 will be strategic locations for necessary infrastructure such as fuel / supply depots, habitats, factories; Air Force Research Laboratory Primer on Cislunar Space suggests research on theoretical Shamrock and Aldrin cycler orbits
A world leader in terrestrial excavation technology, 
The first mission to explore surface of the lunar far side, already traversing ~840m, soon reaching 3rd full year since landing 3 Jan 2019, has sighted a novel structure on 36th lunar day and is now in transit to it, ~80m distant from present location NW of Chang’e-4 lander, as 
NASA Deputy Administrator Melroy declares “We are so ready for Artemis” during MSFC facility tour with Administrator Nelson, days prior to first meeting of revamped National Space Council led by VP Harris 1 Dec with focus on climate change mitigation, space conduct standards, STEM education; Space Priorities Framework specifies “landing the first woman and person of color on the Moon, advancing a robust cislunar ecosystem” as official goals of Biden administration; Northrop Grumman to build composite solid rocket boosters for Artemis 4-9 under US$3.19B / 10-year contract
VP Harris (L) utilizes space diplomacy with oldest USA ally France, possible 15th member state joining Artemis Accords agreement on lunar exploration / extraction planning Human Moon landings NET 2025; In turn VP Harris commits USA to France-led climate sat interoperability / data exchange Space Climate Observatory with 35 signatories including UNOOSA, Brazil, China, Israel, Russia, Sweden, UK Space Agencies; Roscosmos Director Rogozin (R) declares Luna-27 NET 2025 will be truly international; China neighbors in SE Asia including Thailand may join ILRS and/or Artemis
Jervis Autonomous Module (JAM) is planned module for self-flying space vehicles with communication / navigation capabilities beyond range of GNSS and without constraints inherent to deep space network; System to be built by Rhea Space Activity with venture capital backing of SpaceFund, led by (R-L) Rick Tumlinson and Meagan Crawford; JAM to utilize 
UN-declared commemoration of Sputnik-1 (4 Oct 1964) and Outer Space Treaty (10 Oct 1967) commences next week with Women in Space theme, during a new era of space and lunar exploration with revitalized 21st Century goals to land the First Women and People of Color on the Moon; 8,000+ events across nearly 100 countries to occur, supported by organizations including Space Foundation, International Astronomical Union, SETI Institute, UNOOSA, Philippine Space Agency, European Space Education Resource Office, and Phoenix Space
Houston TX team behind Nova-C robotic lunar lander striving to achieve 26 Feb IM-1 mission to equatorial lunar nearside via SpaceX Falcon 9, partnering with IronNet on IT security, MDA providing landing sensors; IM-2 in Q4 2022 to set “
Sustainable Moon settlement study centered around in-situ food production, also conducting research on long duration physiological and psychological human effects, to be launched by JAXA in partnership with Space Foodsphere, a Tokyo-based study group with wide industry membership including Euglena Co. (algae-based biofuels), NTT Data (information technology) and Ajinomoto Co. (food science); Facilities within Japan may begin construction March 2022, with Antarctic locations to follow and vision of transferring technology to terraformation of exoplanets circa 2100
In what may be the most significant private lunar effort outside of NASA CLPS, an international coalition led by ispace is preparing for Q2 2022 Mission 1, with final assembly of flight-ready Hakuto-R lander underway at Arianespace facility in Germany; payloads include optics from Canadensys and AI from Mission Control Space Services (Canada), solid-state battery test from NGK (Japan), 10-kg Rashid rover (UAE); 2023 Mission 2 includes Oxygen harvesting experiment from Helios (Israel); Lunar Industry Vision Council of Japan seeking “self-sustaining lunar industry” within “new cis-lunar space ecosystem”