@@Kyplanet893I’m not a scientist lol but I think a proposal for far out, low gravity colonies facing gravity health effects could be to have centrifugal space stations in orbit that people take shifts to on colony and off colony to reduce the health effects
Lunar dust and soil aside from logistics is the most challenging environmental problem we have yet to figure out how to cope with. It contains tiny particles as sharp as razors that cut and etch into materials like space suits and airlock seals. A correction regarding large scale mining, if you were to foolishly do large scale mining to the point where the overall mass of the moon (yes its possible) is negatively affected, we would experience erratic tidal flows, flooding and worse. I'm honestly surprised nobody has considered the possibility of this outcome when talking about large scale mining.
yeah, i should’ve mentioned the dust part more, my bad but i have thought about that mining issue though, and it really isn’t a problem. The moon is *gigantic.* It would be thousands of years at the very least before we ever started to make a dent in the moon’s mass. You could mine, refine, and convert every single rock in the asteroid belt into spaceships and space habitats and that would still only be the equivalent of 2% of the moon’s mass. And that much material alone is enough to support trillions of people. And if we significantly mine the moon to the point where it’s a problem, we can always import material from the asteroid belts or anywhere in the solar system to balance it out. Significantly changing the moon’s mass isn’t something we’ll have to worry about for likely hundreds of thousands of years. I did think about it when I was writing the script, but decided not to include it because I was hoping to cover more near-future issues. Definitely should’ve mentioned the dust more though
If the earth and the moon formed from the same stuff and earth is rich in iron, precious metals and other valuable stuff the moon should be also. In fact the whole inner solar system should be rich with stuff that we can mine for that would make the expense of space exploration worth it.
First of all I love the vision, it would be so cool if we could have lunar tourism and mining on the moon. How long do you think it will take for it to be economical? Setting up mining on the moon would take 10s possibly hundreds of billions to get to a fraction of terra’s capacity so it is going to take a longgggg time. What do you think?
@@Kyplanet893 the thing with space exploration is it’s slow and expensive. We launched a small scale test to mark for atmospheric oxygen synthesis for a reason and not a whole oxygen factory. Text are probably going to be small to test tech and that stuff is heavyyyy. Not many businesses could muster the capital to pull of a rapid industrialisation. Even those who could it is likely they won’t because the thing is. Long timeline’s are not conducive to short term profit. It’s kinda like not many businesses want to invest into nuclear. Not necessarily because flaws in the tech but because it is very expensive, long construction times even if the returns are good. It’s capitalism basically
What about centrifuge habitats for dealing with low gravity?
another thing i totally forgot to mention in the video that i definitely should have lol
@@Kyplanet893I’m not a scientist lol but I think a proposal for far out, low gravity colonies facing gravity health effects could be to have centrifugal space stations in orbit that people take shifts to on colony and off colony to reduce the health effects
1. Search valuable asteroid
2. crash it on the moon
3. mine it
4. profit
Lunar dust and soil aside from logistics is the most challenging environmental problem we have yet to figure out how to cope with. It contains tiny particles as sharp as razors that cut and etch into materials like space suits and airlock seals.
A correction regarding large scale mining, if you were to foolishly do large scale mining to the point where the overall mass of the moon (yes its possible) is negatively affected, we would experience erratic tidal flows, flooding and worse. I'm honestly surprised nobody has considered the possibility of this outcome when talking about large scale mining.
yeah, i should’ve mentioned the dust part more, my bad
but i have thought about that mining issue though, and it really isn’t a problem. The moon is *gigantic.* It would be thousands of years at the very least before we ever started to make a dent in the moon’s mass. You could mine, refine, and convert every single rock in the asteroid belt into spaceships and space habitats and that would still only be the equivalent of 2% of the moon’s mass. And that much material alone is enough to support trillions of people.
And if we significantly mine the moon to the point where it’s a problem, we can always import material from the asteroid belts or anywhere in the solar system to balance it out. Significantly changing the moon’s mass isn’t something we’ll have to worry about for likely hundreds of thousands of years. I did think about it when I was writing the script, but decided not to include it because I was hoping to cover more near-future issues. Definitely should’ve mentioned the dust more though
There are solutions being proposed for the dust, and the Moon is massive. Mining won’t make a dent in it.
mining a small amount of the moon’s mass wouldn’t change tidal forces all that much
I wish this was taken more seriously, very underlooked
obviously we should send our prisoners there, too
Worked very well in Australia 🤷 ahahaha
If the earth and the moon formed from the same stuff and earth is rich in iron, precious metals and other valuable stuff the moon should be also. In fact the whole inner solar system should be rich with stuff that we can mine for that would make the expense of space exploration worth it.
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need a big tower extending up into space to be used as like a grav lift, that would be cool
Is there Helium-3 on the moon? Last I heard, there MIGHT be Helium-3 on the moon.
yes, there is, I talk about it at 2:29
First of all I love the vision, it would be so cool if we could have lunar tourism and mining on the moon. How long do you think it will take for it to be economical? Setting up mining on the moon would take 10s possibly hundreds of billions to get to a fraction of terra’s capacity so it is going to take a longgggg time. What do you think?
you don’t need to be at earth’s capacity to be profitable, so id give it a few decades
definitely within your lifetime
@@Kyplanet893 the thing with space exploration is it’s slow and expensive. We launched a small scale test to mark for atmospheric oxygen synthesis for a reason and not a whole oxygen factory. Text are probably going to be small to test tech and that stuff is heavyyyy. Not many businesses could muster the capital to pull of a rapid industrialisation. Even those who could it is likely they won’t because the thing is. Long timeline’s are not conducive to short term profit. It’s kinda like not many businesses want to invest into nuclear. Not necessarily because flaws in the tech but because it is very expensive, long construction times even if the returns are good. It’s capitalism basically
Can't wait till the moon is flooded with trash from all the human tourist and the natural state is destroyed so big companies can make money off it.