The Isle of Man's chapter of the Mars Society has written to candidates in the island's general election, urging them to support signing the Artemis Accords, an international framework for peaceful and transparent space exploration. Chapter leader Stuart Mullan described it as a "low-risk, high-visibility" step, arguing it would raise the island's international profile and strengthen the case for expanding STEM projects and attracting skilled jobs, without committing the island to any financial or legal obligations.

The Artemis Accords were launched by Nasa in 2020 and are now backed by more than 70 nations, including the UK as a founding signatory; they are non-binding and require no parliamentary ratification, fee or financial contribution. The Isle of Man already has ties to the space sector through its Space Registry, which handles satellite filings for operators including SpaceX (which runs a ground station on the island), SES, Inmarsat, Avanti and Telesat, and Mullan argues the island's finance, legal and regulatory expertise could help it capture a share of the growing global space industry.