Submitted by Aggravating_Pie7747 t3_z0f07z in nottheonion
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boringandgay t1_ix57s0e wrote
they've been selling that story since the 60s
SevroAuShitTalker t1_ix58nly wrote
Who honestly wants to live on the moon? It would be like a bigger submarine
Just_Saying_Howdy t1_ix59h3u wrote
No one will be living on the moon permanently.
menlindorn t1_ix5a6wy wrote
actually lunar regolith is lots of aluminum dioxide. harvest some solar energy, crack the regolith, and get lots of Al and O2. Atmosphere and building materials, boom.
Nothing to eat, though.
menlindorn t1_ix5aazh wrote
"I could have brought my arrowhead collection. I didn't... so I'm not gonna look for it!"
YGIAL t1_ix5aj1u wrote
I'll have to take your word for it as you have shown far more knowledge about it than I have.
That's why we ask questions though right
NicNoletree t1_ix5ar3c wrote
And you think the internet connection and cell phone plans sucks here!
QuestionableAI t1_ix5bk66 wrote
I watched the original moon walk and they said 10 years back then ... get back to me when it happens, although, likely I'll be dead by then (two decades or so from now).
andrewavax t1_ix5e3f9 wrote
On the earth - not so sure!
NahmenJayden t1_ix5f5rw wrote
"I'm going to look for things I BROUGHT on board! It would seem to increase the likelihood of my finding something, wouldn't you say?"
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Such a good bit and great special in general.
Reveal101 t1_ix5gxuz wrote
Exactly. To answer the second part of your question, I believe the long term plan is to dig tunnels or use existing lava tubes to use the surface as a shield against radiation.
What I find less likely is Nasa actually accomplishing this in a decade.
YGIAL t1_ix5hv85 wrote
What is this, A moon for ants? I'm not living in a tunnel that's how you become mole people
Pelicanliver t1_ix5ieg9 wrote
And I could win the lottery tomorrow morning. I probably won’t.
GetlostMaps t1_ix5if0m wrote
Some people, inexplicably, like cruise ships. I'm sure they can find someone who wants to live in a tin can in the dark.
GetlostMaps t1_ix5il2s wrote
If we gather up the mole people from here and send them, they'll have a head start.
GetlostMaps t1_ix5iops wrote
If you die on day 3, you did live there permanently. That's how mars colonisation is gonna work too.
Kind_Bullfrog_4073 t1_ix5m3in wrote
Sounds like a nice vacation destination but idk if I want to live there. The moon is basically Jamaica.
not_a_droid t1_ix5ok7z wrote
let’s start with the billionaires
Crystalraf t1_ix5orpo wrote
no
Potatoswatter t1_ix5ov2v wrote
If we send waves upon waves of settlers, an atmosphere will emerge from the action of the sunlight upon their corpses.
beepbeepsheepbot t1_ix5ovlx wrote
I'm good. We're not even taking care of the planet we're on now.
shastadakota t1_ix5q42j wrote
Could we start with the Trump clan, then maybe Ted Cruz, DeSantis, McConnell,Pence, MGT, Boebert....
kevinds t1_ix5rqhu wrote
They have already been working on a LTE network for the moon...
kevinds t1_ix5s53u wrote
>Atmosphere and building materials, boom.
What is to hold the atmosphere in place? The moon doesn't have enough gravity..
Reply then block me so I can't see the reply... shaking my head
Napotad t1_ix5svs0 wrote
Base would likely be inside a crater, where it will always be in shadow, also you would need a space suit to even go outside. Artificial grow lights for food, plants for oxygen. It's really not hard with our current tech, we just haven't done it yet.
Mrcoldghost t1_ix5tcra wrote
I’ll believe it when I see it.
menlindorn t1_ix5tzo0 wrote
domes. aluminum.
GoColombia t1_ix5uyry wrote
Totally agree. “Hey want to live on a pile of rocks w/ no oxygen?…Its super far from everything btw.” Nope
SevroAuShitTalker t1_ix5v8d3 wrote
At least on a cruise you can go outside and enjoy the air and sun
NicNoletree t1_ix5wmb4 wrote
Everything in this solar system only gets a one star review
captainadam_21 t1_ix5xsdy wrote
Weekly reader in the 80s told me there would be flying cars by 2000
Ray_Pingeau t1_ix5xvmn wrote
A tin can in the dark wouldn’t alter my life that much
CA_Orange t1_ix5ynrg wrote
To be fair, we can build flying cars. We just don't because it's stupid.
Darzok t1_ix5z3fh wrote
If people could be trusted to drive a normal car with out been a dick it would not be stupid.
AssCumBoi t1_ix5zase wrote
Yeah lol. Plus they are just inefficient planes anyway. The fuel cost would be enormous when you can just not waste energy keeping it in the air. And it'd so fucking loud, imagine how fucking much it would suck living near a high traffic flying car area
GetlostMaps t1_ix613uq wrote
Who told you you could leave the basement, Ray?
GetlostMaps t1_ix616km wrote
They got sun on the moon. Air, not so much.
Ray_Pingeau t1_ix61gzw wrote
The bucket was full
standardtrickyness1 t1_ix61p4m wrote
We're whalers on the moon, we carry a harpoon.
SevroAuShitTalker t1_ix61uae wrote
Yeah, but the sun you get on the moon isn't enjoyable, just gonna help you get cancer faster
ihackedthisaccount t1_ix63ivx wrote
Hahahaha, no.
canadianbohunk t1_ix668c7 wrote
Non robot based space research is dangerous and too costly
ActivityEquivalent69 t1_ix68761 wrote
I would be okay with it, but I lack any other qualifications for space travel.
ustayuptoolate t1_ix68t97 wrote
So much radiation, no thanks
Such-Wrongdoer-2198 t1_ix69b4l wrote
What would be the benefit of a moon colony compared to building the same environment in, say, the Sahara desert? It's not like Earth has a shortage of open space. Pretty much anywhere on Earth would be easier to live in than the moon.
YuanBaoTW t1_ix6ekca wrote
You'll come to see that as a feature, not a bug once you realize that living on the moon isn't all it's cracked up to be.
ShadowDragon8685 t1_ix6iph3 wrote
It's been true since the '60s, the only question was whether we were willing to put up the cash to do it.
mogwai_fan_666 t1_ix6mbjj wrote
I’d be happy to send all extremists there to battle for supremacy.
saraphilipp t1_ix6nocj wrote
I just got done telling my roommate, fuck yeah, lets go!
newsman0719 t1_ix6nqwu wrote
Finally found a place for Packer fans
GetlostMaps t1_ix6u061 wrote
All you really need to do is to fit in the cannon.
GetlostMaps t1_ix6uc56 wrote
I live in Australia. We already have the highest skin cancer rates in the world.
Sure, some of that is because the weather is too good.
Or it could be all the moon rock in my back yard.
GetlostMaps t1_ix6uf98 wrote
Just empty it into the drinking bucket and start over.
Beautiful_Fee1655 t1_ix6vzsq wrote
More accurate headline:
"Humans could be dying on the moon in the next 11 years, Nasa says"
BraethanMusic t1_ix6w8ho wrote
NASA is entering the marketing phase that Elon entered over a decade ago? Whoopee.
At least NASA is more trustworthy, I guess.
JapanKaren t1_ix71wb9 wrote
JapanKaren t1_ix721fi wrote
Sounds like they want to build prisons, illegal research facilities, and secret military installations.
max122345677 t1_ix7acsc wrote
Still better than living in the ISS and people want to go there too.
max122345677 t1_ix7afa4 wrote
More because of the hole in the ozon layer over Australia.
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17racecar71 t1_ix7apav wrote
Never have to sit in rush hour traffic again. And you’ll never be attacked by a bear
max122345677 t1_ix7arcs wrote
Why do people suddenly think NASA wants to terraform the moon in a decade. Ofc that is impossible for many reasons. But people can live on the moon without having an atmosphere there. You just need to be inside where is breathable air/oxygen.
GetlostMaps t1_ix7bb78 wrote
Definitely the moon rocks.
Also we wear short sleeves 10 months year, or 12 months any further north than half way.
DennisHakkie t1_ix7e3mw wrote
Well, send Musk there, he’ll love it.
Just him, though
weirdlybeardy t1_ix7j4f8 wrote
Yeah let’s ditch this ball of pollution and head to greener pastures.
weirdlybeardy t1_ix7j51g wrote
Hahaha so true.
Defiant-Peace-493 t1_ix8crjw wrote
And plenty of silicon and modest amounts of rare earths, so chips, solar, and glass are easy enough.
Regolith mining offers hydrogen and nitrogen, at around 100g per m3. Carbon is scarcer, but significant deposits exist in polar ice.
Note that there are some designs for aluminum - LOX rockets, which ought to be perfectly adequate for surface cargo runs.
MILFBucket t1_ix8ffak wrote
True but 3d navigation is exponentially harder, even if you're not stupid.
MILFBucket t1_ix8frin wrote
Breathing pure oxygen for an extended period of time must be healthy. Just like home!
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Defiant-Peace-493 t1_ix8hiro wrote
"So, we're agreed. The problem is Earth, and we have the high ground...and a mass driver."
menlindorn t1_ix8ieju wrote
I assure you there is carbon on Luna. You can have other gases, too.
atmoscience t1_ix8kz9k wrote
We can destroy the moon too? Heck yeah!
deadonthei t1_ix8mqz4 wrote
Whoever loses 2024 straight to the moon.
HallowedBeyond t1_ix9e7cd wrote
That’s not going to happen. That’s a fact.
CFCkyle t1_ix9lb2m wrote
Mercury's surface can reach up to nearly 430 degrees Celsius though which is much more of a challenge to deal with
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WobblyBlade t1_ix9p3j1 wrote
But how's the latency?
thecrimsonfucker12 t1_iy5ypa5 wrote
Uhh there's plenty of cheese
ArgyleTheDruid t1_ix56h5p wrote
Sign me up