Can We Terraform The Moon And Make It Habitable For Humans?
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- Scientists think that in the future we may be able to transform our grey, desolate moon in to a miniature version of Earth by using a method known as terraforming. But how?
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The moon is a very common sight for most of life on Earth but also a familiar landscape for 12 incredibly brave astronauts, who each explored parts of its dead surface in the past. In the future more manned missions to land on the moon have been planned, but these explorers will still be wearing special spacesuits to allow them to survive the deadly vacuum of space. But what if there was a way in which you could walk on the moon without a spacesuit, instead take a leisurely stroll while looking up in to the sky and appreciating the beauty of our home planet, Earth. This might sound crazy but according to scientists this idea could one day be a reality. Scientists think that in the future we may be able to transform our grey, desolate moon in to a miniature version of Earth by using a method known as terraforming. This would take a very long time, require huge advancements in technology and huge monetary funds to make possible, but if it was achieved then the moon would be then become a hospitable place for life to exist.
However, terraforming the moon would not be an easy process.
The temperature at its surface massively changes from day to night, It can reach a scorching 123 C in the direct sunlight (around 250 F) and a frigid -153 C (243 F) when darkness falls. It has a very weak atmosphere that consists of many gases, including sodium and potassium which are not found in the atmospheres of Earth, Mars or Venus. It doesn't boast the gravitational forces required to retain a strong atmosphere for long periods of time and this means there's no surface pressure. The gravity is much lower than Earths which potential could affect the physical health of humans over time and the lack of magnetic field allows harmful radiation from the sun to bombard its surface...................................................
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EarthFlatters: EARTH IS FLAT
Moonflatters: well yes but no
Haha
Wrong way around
Can you imagine how ridiculous the tides on the Moon would be?
It'd be a surfers haven.
Or plants for that matter, or how animals would have changed bodies because of the different gravity.
alxxpspr, we have no data on the effect of lunar gravity on people. zero/micro gravity effects bones and vision. The only people to have been on the moon were in micro gravity between doctor visits. It is possible that lunar gravity is enough. We just do not know. You can also build something like a merry-go-round so colonists can sleep or exercise in earth gravity.
You could certainly argue that lazy people on the moon would atrophy. Living on the moon might make it easier to be lazy. Exercise bikes work the same. Weights should be the same except you need 6X mass. Strapping on wings and flying around would be a serious workout. Flying would probably be more aerobic exertion than jogging. A large centrifuge can replicate all the effects of 1g.
There is no evidence (yet) that living at 40% Earth's gravity has any effect on human wellness. We also have not yet tried putting people on 1g for a few hours a day. It could be healthier. There is no published data. The experiment has not happened.
if we can "create" an atmosphere, we can RESTORE one as well
B. Chan that's what I was about to say lol
The problem with restoring earth's atmosphere is that we are already here and doing things like colliding comets with a planet that is already inhabited isn't very health for the inhabitants and if we stopped pumping it full of co2, methane and other crap as well as stop deforestation earth's atmosphere would restore it's self within a few decades
There is an interesting concept called CCSU. Carbon Capturing, Storaging and Utilisation. That means to bind Carbondioxid from the atomssphere and either use it to split it up and create other chemical elements or molecules for industrial use or to Store it with high pressure in gasfields below the seasurface.
This way, instead of only reducing the produced amount of harmful greenhouse gases it would be possible to establish a healthy cycle to maintain a level or even decrease it.
Of course stopping deforestation and in reverse initiate reforestation is a natural way to do exactly that. And preferable, but we should use all available methods to correct the errors of the past
Stop smoking weed
Wow, this is new man. Never heard that before :)
It makes me sad to know this is possible but I wont be alive if it ever does :(
Patrick Schaefer indeed..... But it may be possible within our lifetimes to colonize lava tubes on the moon, excellent protection from radiation...... combined with being very close to Earth.......the closer the better for first off world colony
Maybe... I know the US is now directed to aim for the moon again instead of Mars, but with each president the direction gets changed and its hard for them to keep up, and other than being told to focus on the Moon they haven't gotten any actual plan details.
That leaves private companies, and Musk and his competitors have their eyes on Mars
Patrick Schaefer it will never be possible anyway it's far to small to hold an atmosphere.
Ray Anthony Brady oh shut up you silly sausage
Well, if radical life extension becomes available in the next few decades, you'll probably be alive to see terraforming
If it were possible, we should call the project "Genesis."
Why?
@@dazza2350 read genesis
@@dazza2350 because it is cool
genesis ! what's that ?...don't insult my intelligence, Kirk
Then there would be Flat Mooners saying the Moon is flat...
Also, wouldn't the Moon need a magnetic field to hold onto it's new atmosphere?
You really think they would let flat earthers go to the moon? No way.
Well if it's possible to travel to the moon and flat earthers can see the globe earth from the moon doesn't it mean the flat earth community will finally end ?
@@irvangb94 Don't underestimate the number of conspiracy theory fall back cards these morons are able to pull. They would just say that it's all conspiracy and that video footage from Moon colony was recorded on Earth or in studio etc. You could present them with all the evidence, they'd always say it's fake or they wouldn't understand the science behind it.
@@irvangb94 lmao it's already possible to travel to the moon and it has been done a lot of times with rovers and such and we still have these idiots saying the Earth is flat. There are always conspiracy enthusiasts everywhere so there's no point in trying to prove them wrong any more, we have proved them wrong millions of times already.
@@irvangb94
After extensive communication with flatards I have concluded the only cognitive behaviour that occurs within their hollow skulls is when reverse reasoning conclusions from conspiracies
Why not? We're lunaforming Earth into a dead rock quite well.
Jason Hall hahahahaha lol
Ha, nice one
Varangian Guard We don't need it. Humans can live like wild animals. The internet, technology, and etc is a privilege
Brilliant 😅
hahaha funny joke
I'd think it would be easier to just put a dome over most of the moon to hold air in, instead of having to impact comets every few centuries.
Wonderboy?!
Yeah much more feasible but comets would be a main issue for the dome, for now building small habitats and towns is the way to go
flypaper flipper I really hate this BS line. Venus doesn't have a magnetosphere and has the thickest atmosphere of any terrestrial planet. What killed Mars is a disturbing mystery most would rather sweep under the rug and just nod when idiots offer the lack of a magnetosphere as a convenient explanation.
How do we make a magneto sphere?
Stephen Thompson
A 'dome' idea is much more unfeasable as 'going underground' -
How would Terraforming the Moon affect the Earth and us living on it?
I think Humanity should try something smaller in scope...
Like a Dome that produces it's own electromagnetic field from within it...
The dome helps to absorb sunlight from the sun for energy, as well as help reflect or repel radiation from the Moon's surface over the area the dome is being built over...
Once the dome is built, build a giant device that produces an electromagnetic field from within the dome that can then expand outward from the dome in order to surround it....
This artificial electromagnetic field generator facility in the center of the dome will also help to repel radiation from the sun hitting the dome...
The dome is also used to trap in an artificial atmosphere that won't get stripped away by the solar winds and radiation...
Kind of like an atmospheric bubble within the dome bubble that are both protected by the artificial electromagnetic field generator facility in the center...
The dome would have to be strong and resilient enough to deflect incoming meteors and asteroids, hence why it should best be built as a round smooth dome like cutting a sphere in half and placing the two halves on the Moon's surface...
Rather than try to Terraform the entire moon all at once, instead you are building "bubble" like dome structures across the Moon's surface that each have their own artificial atmospheres with artificial gravity, as well as artificial electromagnetic field generator facilities...
You'll literally see "bubble" domes dotting the surface of the moon, and they will be their own hospitable artificial worlds within...
The dome could be designed to not only capture solar energy, but also allow sun light into them while still shielding the inhabitants from the harmful radiation and ultraviolet light...
This is starting small...
Over time the domes could probably be expanded and have newer and bigger dome layers built over the older smaller ones to expand the bubble size...
But for now, I think this is the best way to go...
And much safer than taking other heavenly bodies from their original orbits and have them collide with the Moon over the Earth...
Why haven't they tried something like this?
This contained civilisation would be without contest the most expensive structure built by man and this manmade habitat would not be sustainable economically as it does not utilise the precious metals, materials on the moon or the lower gravity/ graveyard orbit which allows for more affordable space travel
Also, it tragically wouldn't be as simple as building a permanent settlement on the moon as that is the final stage of a frontier, and likely if we end up having the technology to create a habitable dome the moon would have long since been colonised and possibly already terraformed.
Not to mention this structure would be highly vulnerable to meteorite bombardment and space debree
If we are thinking practically we might as well start by terraforming Earths deserts/harsh environments and or Earth itself.
Basically it would be para-terraforming ( look it up ). Though even better would be to construct spacesteads. A spacestead would be a large space station for civilian use an rotates to provide gravity. Inside these habitats could be towns, parks, lakes and rivers, whatever the owners want!
Would you want to live on the moon if it was successfully terraformed????????
Hell yeah. It would be cool to look up in the sky to see another blue world.
Idd go on a long vacation :)
TheVendor101 vacation, absolutely! Stick a few palm trees and a warm, clear blue ocean there - I MIGHT consider living there.
Great video as always buddy!
Ye I would
I have a question...
The moon is bombared with asteriods periodically but no major atmosphere formed?
What gives?
SINGHIZHEM Asteroids are different from comets,comets have water ice,and other compounds,asteroids are mostly rock and metal,also the moon isn’t bombarded enough by asteroids at most a few asteroids every few years, and the asteroids vary in size from tiny to the size of a house while it would take 100 medium sized comets AT the same time to create the atmosphere
It doesn’t have the gravity to hold it.
@@ronildoshi5998 not the gravity is the problem mainly. The lack of magnetosphere is the real deal if you want to keep the atmosphere. Moon has none, so even if we manage to form a decent atmosphere, it will be blown away by the solar wind.
*Going to the moon while being terrarform sounds like a wonderful vacation for me!*
in an alternative reality we built a base on the moon, but in 1999 there was an accident resulting in an explosion big enough to knock the moon out of its earth orbit and sent it hurtling into outer space.
Ya know, Venus’ atmosphere could be a better start.
In order for the Moon to keep any atmosphere it gains, it will have to also gain a magnetic field! This would protect the new lunar atmosphere from being stripped away by the solar wind. This would slow down, albeit not stop the escape of the lunar atmosphere because of the low gravity. The only way to ensure the Moon's atmosphere stays permanently would be to dome the whole thing over!
By the way doming it over may actually require less effort, as it can be done piecemeal and have less delay in return on investment. Also, it can be done with our modern technology (apart from meteorite protection for now)
@@gregoryvasilyev9675 well the thing is
We would need a dome that is glass like since it needs to be able to let sun Light in
But the problems is that asteroids could easily destroy them
Maybe an artificial magnetic field as well as artificial gravity. Terraforming the moon won't happen for many centuries. I'm sure by then well be very technologically advanced and would figure something out.
We should keep one area of the moon exactly as it was before the terraforming, as a reminder of what humanity has done and a park located elsewhere as to let people explore whilst the rest is left untouched by man
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Why not try colonizing Greenland, Antarctica, or the bottom of the ocean first?
The vast majority of Greenland and Antarctica is covered by several hundred metres of ice. That ice would need to go somewhere else (melting it in-situ is not an option as that would result in a dramatic increase of the sea level). Moving billions of tons of ice is just as hard - if not harder - than colonising space.
The deep sea is actually even more challenging than deep space. Apart from the enormous pressure at the bottom the ocean and the difficulties involving decompression procedures there is also the challenge of communication as radio doesn't work well under water.
I agree, bottom of the ocean is like venus minus the sulfuric acid, totally impractical. You'd probably be surprised how small Antarctica and Greenland are...And btw, terraforming is something that is impossible unless you have ascended to a type II civ (check out my answer for details) and by that point Antarctica and Greenland are probably fully occupied
Well, if you regard 2,850,000 km³ (just Greenland, e.g. 2,800 km x 1,000 km) as "small" then I think we need to talk no further about the practicality of the terraforming :D
I agree, though. Terraforming is certainly way beyond our capabilities.
I'm fascinated by the obsession with terraforming planets when building free floating space habitats is indefinitely easier and much more practical. Also, colonising Venus is perfectly doable without terraforming. Floating cities in the clouds of Venus - the only place in the solar system that is not Earth and provides 1 atmosphere of air pressure, ~0.9g gravity and moderate temperatures of 20°C to 40°C.
Yeah, floating balloons in venus' upper atmosphere, where the hab itself provides the buoyancy is my best bet for a first human colony
And as of size: 3M km² would add space for about 100M people (using US as standard) which is not negligible, but comparatively small
Greenland is owned by Denmark anyway.
There was one concern I had, the moon has no magnetic field, and I'm pretty sure the Earth's magnetic field doesn't extend out to cover the moon, which could cause the atmosphere to be impossible to construct, as the frequent radiation of particles from the sun would quickly blow it away.
This is just beautiful!
I think a system of magnetic satellites could create a magnetic field to protect the Moon, and the people on the moon. Perhaps a system of nanobots could keep the atmosphere from escaping. I don't actually know anything on robotics, I'm making conjecture. Though in all honesty I think paraterraformimg will be more worthwhile. A city cited dome would have protection against cosmic rays, and the sun. When spun that allows for artificial gravity. And most of all costs less.
Yes, prototerraforming is much more feasible, but still ridiculous. At that point just staying in orbit is way easier.
For nanobots to keep the atmosphere in, they'd have to create a dome around the moon, so they could interact with all escaping molecules, and by that point the "bot" in nanobot becomes pretty unnecessary, a simple dome would do, which would be 100% impossible though.
The magnetic satellites probably wouldn't work either: If you put superconducting cables of about 1cm^2, with the cables being about a meter apart, you'd get into the range of the earths current power consumption to get about 1m worth of earths magnetic field.
With artificial gravity there is a problem few people talk about: the Coriolis force; Or expressed differently, on the 2001 ship your head would be in less gravity than your feet making it probably more uncomfortable than micro-gravity.
To get around this, you'd need to make the radius of your setup much larger than your body radius. Don't get me wrong, you can build such a thing (as long as the specific strength is at least as high as the radius of the apparatus) but it is easier to do this in space than on the surface, so why bother going down into another gravity well?
Actually there aren't too many stable orbits for satellites around the moon, not enough to produce a magnetic field around the whole thing.
When people make comments about how long it would take to develop the technology, think about how long we took to go from animal and human powered technology to mass powered transport, jet planes, computers, satellites, cell phones....
We should get to work at least on the atmosphere part. Do what little we can for now until our technical ability improves
If the moon had volcanism active, we wouldn't have to replenish it every thousand years. Because volcanoes produce gases as the erupt & will create an atmosphere overtime. They could also produce volcanic sediment that acts like a natural fertilizer. The moon does have evidence that magma is under the lunar surface but it's composition doesn't allow it to rise to the surface. There's also no plate tectonics which is a key role for volcanism.
The more i learn about the subject the more obvious the best option right now are the Venusian skycities.
flap my arms and fly? Sign me up
if the universe if infinite then a earth like planet has a earth like moon where both life forms on each see eachother but will never meet until their technology advances enough.
Or Earth like moons of super Jupiter and more civilizations. Almost star wars.
Interesting point.
I thought that once.
xj0469_clank thats why it isnt infinite
If that happens probably there would be a war interspacial
Technology has been increasing at a rate never before seen by man. Just 100 years ago, we would've never thought about going into space. 50 years later, we did. And although politics are getting in the way of NASA, Space X and other private companies are taking their place. Using new technology to look further and further. First Mars, then the Moon. And if we get to those in the 21st century, not even 100 years after WW2, I'd have strong faith that we'd be able to do this type of thing with whatever technology we have at the time in 1000 or so years.
I mean there could be bases and space stations with artifical gravity, so the resources could be used and have a refueling station.
That's cool. Let's do it. I'm down.
Mars would make a better place to terraform, mainly because a Martian day is only 30 minutes longer than an Earth day, also Mars already has an atmosphere we could build upon.
Before I watch this, I'm gonna say no. The moon is way too small to hold on to an atmosphere...just saying
Chris P. Bacon True.
and that’s why it says that it can only maintain the atmosphere for a thousand year
Everyone knows
I came here to say exactly this.
Unless you can bend gravity to imitate Earth's. Mind you, water creates a sphere in low gravity so who knows what could happen?
I think it would be useful to use the Moon as a giant farm or any crazy-ass sci-fi thingy, but the gravity is so low that I would be scared to put my earthian bones over there.
1 it's too small to hold onto any significant atmosphere for the most part.
2 there's no molten core to create a magnetosphere.
I'd say it's better off to do it to Mars but Mars also has the dead core problem so Venus would probably be a better choice
Venus is a hell hole!
You'd be crushed alive on Venus
Just a moon base, as stop gap to Mars, from what understand it would much easyer to get a large amount equipment from the moon to Mars, as going stright from earth you have to use a huge amount of energy to get a good size payload out earth's orbit
Bases on a bunch of programmed assumptions you can not say how and what on those planets and the moon.
Venus also has a dead core problem - no significant magnetosphere.
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if we can terraform the moon, we can terraform mars, I’d love to live on the moon
Wow, that sounds awesome
Could be a popular tourist getaway but nobody would be able to live there permanently
Steering comets in our direction - what could possibly go wrong.
we should just build bio spheres on the lighter side of the moon that enable us and everything living inside them to breathe
super amazing video 👍💯❤😎
2:09
That astronaut is bouncing lol.
Did you mean the project Genesis from Star Trek II and III.
M Lau I said that Lol
At 2:53 pause the video and if you are using a phone or tablet gradually shake the screen
This would be really cool.
The main problem with this is the fact that even if an atmosphere is created there’s no magnetic field to shield from solar radiation which would just poison basically everything there
messing with the moon too much sounds like a bad idea to me, since destabilizing it would destabilize the earth itself. by the time we "could" make this happen, we could as well do decent stuff on mars, venus, europa or even outside the solar-system imho
Unless someone decides nukes in space are ok again, or we invent some other crazy mass to energy conversion drives, human colonisation outside the solar system is probably impossible. Terraforming mars would probably be easier than the moon, but come with its own problems. The surface of venus will likely remain dead forever, but prototerraforming with air filled zeppelins in venus atmosphere (check out project havoc by NASA) could be doable in a few decades. Moons like europa and titan are great places to look for alien life, but terrible places for humans to settle, low gravity, very far away from the sun, very cold, too close to jupiter/saturn etc.
Moon wouldn't be my prime target either though, the comet thing would take too much energy (check out my answer for the details on that), venus clouds wouldn't be terraforming, but better than a mars hab imo... The only real terra forming candidate would be mars, but that would take millions of years and type 2 civ levels of energy, too... so probably wouldn't happen
It's not as crazy as it sounds. The lunar escape velocity still exceeds that of oxygen and nitrogen at room temperature. The big problem with Luna (as with Mars) is that these smaller worlds cooled off much more quickly than Earth, dampening out their volcanic outgassing and geomagnetic fields. A lunar atmosphere with a one bar surface pressure might last as long as 100,000 years before the solar wind eroded it away to the point of instability. To allow such an atmosphere to exist on a geologic time scale, a self repairing protective screen lying atop it needs to be devised. This would likely involve some form of nanotechnology. It should be attempted, too, as soon as resources allow. Luna is the most strategically placed body beyond this planet. In any state, it will be the commercial and perhaps political center of a spacefaring civilization.
Or an artificial magnetic field as proposed by NASA for Mars. Doable with current tech. Might need a few of them as Earth / Moon is a binary system.
That would be amazing
The night sky would be beautiful
It's beautiful now too. I'd be happy either way.
Perhaps instead we could dome the Moon over to create a habitable environment.
That would be really cool.
Ok yea is possible and people tend to forget that a moon in our system has a very successful atmosphere and its gravity is weaker then the moon but the only problem is that restarting is magnetic field is going to be hard like really hard but not impossible and i think thats the first thing we have to do.
An exciting dream, but the moon has:
- no magnetic field to protect against radiation (so spacesuits would still be necessary)
- tidally locked spin
- no atmosphere
- not enough water
We should finish destroying the Earth before starting a new project.
Wtf is wrong with you
One problem with living on the moon is the low gravity. Studies may show that living in a zero or low gravity environment for an extended period of time can cause long-term health problems, not to mention increased radiation exposure and a higher potential risk of developing cancer. The Moon's gravity is only 1/6 that on Earth.
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I think an easier option..
Satellites maintaining a web of lasers and charged particle streams.
The effect being like a sieve on a flame.
It holts it.
In this case. It makes the Atmosphere more likely to remain.
They also can *and Must* genarate an EM field to protect said surface.
That alone will make the rest of the operation easier.
A monumental task of epic proportions (and very likely impossible), if we could manage to find a way to jumpstart the Moon's core to help it create a magnetosphere, that would go a long way to help it retain any artificial atmosphere that we make for it thru terraforming. If (and that's gotta be the mother of all ifs) we could get dynamo of its core going AND get it to rotate on its axis and unlock it from its current tidally-locked orbit around Earth, this would help shield the Moon from harmful-to-life (as we understand it to be according to present-day scientific knowledge) UV light and solar wind radiation and cosmic rays. There's no way, presently imaginable, to overcome the Moon's weak gravity and its resulting inability to hold onto an atmosphere; so, we'd need to perpetually replenish it to replace what would be lost via the Moon gradually venting away the existing atmosphere into space. If (yet another very big if) we could figure out how to engineer a force field to contain a terra formed atmosphere for the Moon, that would be an additional help.
Personally, I think that terraforming the Moon would just be too costly a venture to undertake and then sustain. It would be better for us to "lunaform" ourselves and any structures we'd build on its surface by acclimatizing ourselves to its local conditions as much as can realistically be done. As an alternative to the fantastical conception that terraforming is, this is still an out-there idea in the realm of science-fiction but quite a bit more feasible to make a reality than terraforming the Moon.
Titan has lighter gravity than the Moon and a dense atmosphere. We already have the tech for an artificial magnetic field as proposed by NASA for Mars. The field would hold the atmosphere longer. MRIs use stronger fields than those required. We may need 3. Gravity tractors to bring in small ice comets, nukes to break them up as they fall. IMHO less than $50B to jump start the terraforming at today's money assuming SpaceX get the BFR operational soon. Not to mention paying a bunch of oil rig workers to drill holes before dropping in the nukes, or just sending Bruce Willis. Time is then the biggest issue.
Even if all of this was possible (and I'm extremely skeptical), screwing with the Moon's rotation AND trying to slam 100 large comets into it seems like a recipe for disaster. Only one of them would have to miss and hit Earth and there wouldn't be many (if any) people left to finish the job on the Moon.
The moon is too small to hold an atmosphere. You could make dome cities though.
enceladus?
The magnetosphere is the real challenge. We could steer comets quite easily. The change in mass would probably cause problems for Earth too.
If you don't want to replenish the moon's atmosphere, then scientists could put a giant magnet orbiting the moon to keep the solar winds away, thus letting the moon sustain its newfound atmosphere.
The only problem is the moon has no magnetic field, so no matter how much of an atmosphere is created it will not block the harmful radiation from the sun. To get a magnetic field, we would somehow need to reignite the core back to a molten state.
We might be able to make artificial magnetic fields to protect the Moon from radiation, well, at least protect the colonies from the radiation.
I once watched a documentary about earthquakes on the moon and how they last for hours and are much more intense than earths earthquakes... so, yeah I’m out
Well if its happened on the moon should it be called moonquakes? Ok i'm out
Hey It's Lala don’t get me wrong I was watching the documentary getting increasingly pissed off every time someone said “moon earthquakes” pisstake
Hey It's Lala don’t get me wrong I was watching the documentary getting increasingly pissed off every time someone said “moon earthquakes” pisstake
The aliens on the moon would not approve this, we could hit their bases
Lol !
Their should have already been a base built on the moon with humans living on it after the Apollo missions.
We cant with current budget and Earth issues
@@dreysantillan if it has anything to do with budget then the mission to Mars is not going to happen!
The great thing about the moon that prevents it from forming a thick atmosphere is that the low gravity also makes materials relatively stronger because they are not as easily torn apart by their own weight. So with enough time & enough iron & silicon & carbon & oxidizer & heat you, could make enough steel & glass to dome in whatever atmosphere you've created there, after nailing it a few times with asteroids, & that job, spread across many generations of people, could be done well before needing to replenish it. But I don't know who the hell is going to pay for all that collective activity, at today's prices, even if they are basically getting the materials from the moon for the cost of digging them up.
Quick answer for moon: no
Quick answer for mars: potentially
it would only make sense if you cover the entire surface of the moon with a heavy gas that wouldn't escape the moon's gravity. Either that or encapsulate the moon with a honey comb structure with large thick pieces of glass that can withstand micro-meteor impacts.
The Moon could be given an atmosphere, but I don't think it would be habitable unless we could make it rotate like the Earth does. Bombarding the moon with asteroids until it rotates would cover its surface with molten lava. Better to put launchers around its equator and launch rock into space until it rotates. This would take a very long time. Better to terraform Mars instead, and Venus, too, if possible.
Now imagine if we had Star Trek style Gravity Tech. We could create a localised Earth level gravity field that would not extend far enough to adversely affect the Earth-Moon relationship. Add to that with said technology we could also create a functional magnetic field for the Moon. That is, if such technology is at all possible.
“A method know as terraforming” terraforming is not a method its a process a method of terraforming would be attacking mar’s polar ice caps with thermo-nuclear
it is better to just make a moon base and use that moon base for extraterrestrial travel like going to mars and Terraform it
I really liked the video it would be cool 2 stand on the moon without a spacesuit & look & our beautiful planet earth
Why terraform mars when u have moon :v
Ha! :-) While we're being hypothetical, let's do both ! More room for dreamers, err visionaries.
What was the soundtrack you used in this video
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It's a fantastical idea, but how pretty would a second blue marble be in the sky?
There was a Space 1999 episode where the moon got warm and had an atmosphere with plants
Would have to be pretty careful changing its rotation. One wrong move, and the rotation could become so irratic that we might lose it for good.
What would be the purpose of this except just a practice for Terra forming other bodies in the Solar System or beyond?
Flying by flapping your arms? Every kid's dream!
If you increase the mass of the Moon. Would that not increase the gravitational attraction between the Earth and the Moon therefore decreasing the distance between both?
A very good question. Quite likely. I guess the question is how much extra mass will be added as a percentage and will it make a significant difference. I guess if one could terraform the Moon by adding significant mass then maybe there could be a way to increase the orbital velocity slightly to compensate? A gravity tractor?
Fuck that would be so damn cool.
do mars and Venus please
The planet of venus is hell
Anonymous_X x venus would be almost better than mars
hervvehh no.
yes it would, theres more oxegyn in the atmosphere so it would be eeasier to sustain a healthy oxegyn supply, the gravity there is much closer to earths and if we make a floating city that's above the ground the atmospheric pressure will be habitable unlike the pressure on the surface.
hervvehh And tempratures are much much much higher than on earth so no its not posible, oxygen is one of the smallest problems in Teraforming a planet.
Instead of Terraforming the Moon with Comets why not 3D printing so many domes connected to each other on the moon that it seems like it has an atmosphere, and also have domes that create a lot of gases that we could purposely spill out on the moon creating an atmosphere, and keep creating gases t so we could sustain an Atmosphere
I don't think few comets will create a meaningful atmosphere. Here is something simpler. Using transparent high resistance polyethylene with ripstop wires inside build a dome with 3 layers. Inside use an atmosphere of pure oxygen and some traces of CO2 for plants at 1/3 of Earth pressure. A dome can be built over a small crater lets say 20 m in diameter. You get 314 square meters in return. People can live without suits under. Any perforation will be stoped by the second layer or third. Even if a moon terrorist will open automatic fire creating more then 30 bullet holes it will take over 30 min (assuming they don't try to cover the holes) until people inside loose conscious. A larger dome will take longer. When technology progress domes over 1km can be created. For extra safety reasons they can be put in groups. Slowly starting with small craters, the entire Moon can be theoretically covered. A thin film of gold will reflect and stop radiation.
RadioactivFallout would probably be cheaper to build Subterranean cities in the various Lavatube there
The domes could then be rotated to mimic higher gravity, especially important if children are to be born and raised there!
I have an idea. "Welcome to Jurassic Moon"
Boo. Why mention the radiation if you’re just going to ignore that part in the end?
Due to radiation, terraforming the moon means a generally subterranean habitat likely built by self-replicating nanobots. Any surface terraforming is for plants/farms, solar power, and occasional excursions. The moon is too small to kickstart a magnetic field with any sort of iron core and the presence of Earth makes the position of any space-based shield much too unstable.
It’s not too bad. Nanobots could easily create huge glass surface enclosures and fill them with atmosphere. Even if you had to spend most of your day shielded by several meters of moon rock you’d still have huge areas for occasional surface excursions.
This method works even better for Mars.
Titan has lighter gravity than the Moon and a dense atmosphere. We already have the tech for an artificial magnetic field as proposed by NASA for Mars. The field would hold the atmosphere longer and protect against ionising radiation. MRIs use stronger fields than those required. However your suggestion would also work.
First of: I enjoy these videos, and appreciate the work going into them, but there are
A few little things:
(all numbers are VERY rough estimation, and I purposefully left out some terms, to make the maths easy enough for one A4 page, so don't take the number too seriously, but the points I make remain firm nonetheless)
1. Standing on the moon you see the earth rotate around its own axis, and virtually no movement of the earth in the sky, even over longer periods, because the moon is tidally locked, so not animating the frame is a better representation of reality than what you did, and less work as well
2. If you wanted to spinn up the moon comets probably wouldn't work too great, even if you had 100% energy conversion rate and got them from the Oort-cloud, you'd need a 5 billion tonnes of material to hit the moon perfectly, just to get it to 1 week per rev... To get to a day, you'd need 2 billion kg of anti-matter, if you got the annihilation energy perfectly converted to angular velocity (impossible, because of gamma ray emission)
3. To get only 100m of earth like pressure you'd need gases about of the order of 10s of trillion tonnes
4. To get a trillion tonnes to earth level from Neptune level it'd take about 10 billion tonnes of fuel at a specific impulse of 10km/s, to get that up there you'd need 10s of billions of tonnes of fuel (everyone on earth had to produce a ton);
Even if you had antimatter, blackhole, or other perfect conversion drives, you'd need ~100 tonnes of this black magic voodoo fuel.
5. What did your 1000 years refer to? That we have to get the same amount of comets we got in the beginning every 1000 years, or 1 comet every 1000 years, after we got it started?
6. ==> Terra forming isn't a thing type 1 civs can really do, we'd need to get to type 2 before even really thinking about it (if we used 10% of all the power possible to collect on earth, this project would use at least 300 years worth of energy at perfect conversion... 1-10% conversion rates and .1% of power use are way more likely even for a highly advanced and committed society)
You would need something that has strong enough gravity to hold the atmosphere in place
It makes sense since it's the closest object to earth :)
I think this is a better option that Mars since it’s smaller and closer which will take less time and moving.
Suppose we build space habitats, maybe O'Neal cylinders or similar, and use 3 to 4 tons of material per square meter on average. The mass of the moon would create 20 trillion square kilometers of living space. That is 500,000 times surface of the moon as habitable living space. Habitats can be angled or moved to provide ideal climates and they do not suffer from unexpected weather. Comets should be saved to provide breathable air and fertilizer.
Do you really want to throw a hundred comets at the moon? So close of the Earth, it seems a little bit risky.
can you make a video what would happen if mars and venues switch places
The moon is really the gateway to space & other places to live in our solar system and beyond. It will prove we can live where there are no oceans. and very little water.
Terraforming is the future of humanity. We can start by terraforming earths deserts into tropical environments. Or terraforming Antarctica to make it warmer.