Can We Terraform The Moon?

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We have gazed upon the Moon with wonder since the dawn of humanity, and named its craters as seas, but could those become true seas one day?
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Can We Terraform The Moon?
Episode 435; February 22, 2024
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Donagh Broderick
Graphics:
Ian "LITE" Long
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Ken York
Mafic Studios
Sergio Botero
Udo Schroeter
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@m.mulder8864

Whenever this show asks if we can do something, the answer is Yes. The real question is, how much effort and resources does it take.

@SebastianKrabs

Isaac Arthur: "Can we X the Y?"

@vi6ddarkking

When I play modded Stellaris I turn Earth into a Eco Ecumenopolis and Luna into an Industrial Ecumenopolis with an Equatorial Shipyard.

@complex314i

"There are over 50 million people living in the moon in my time. You can see Tycho City, New Berlin, even Lake Armstrong on a day like this."

@Tattletale97

Green Moon sounds ominous

@Reiman33

I would love to see the moon glitter with cities and greenery. She would look less lonely.

@cluckeryduckery261

Hey Isaac. We've interacted before on your live streams. I've been a fan of the channel since the earliest days.

@1800imawake

The moons' current inhabitants would never allow it.

@MoonMorningstar

If we can, we must turn it into Cheese

@seanhewitt603

A novel called thunderstrike was about a comet being diverted from a terran impact, but it struck the moon, creating an atmosphere...

@8-7-styx94

oddly enough, humans have a form of movement almost perfectly suited to low gravity. Skipping... yeah I know it's weird but the push-catch motion is oddly very useful in low gravity where the normal push-pull of walking is too slow. By pushing off and catching yourself you could have very long skips and cover very large distances. Some food for thought. =)

@cannonfodder4376

The idea of looking up and seeing another living world does appeal to me. Would make for a geeat sight.

@YTLSF

Would you consider making a video on terraforming harsh regions of earth? (For example, the Australian desert or the Sahara)

@mahatmarandy5977

Something i’ve always wondered: if you terraformed the moon, its albedo would be much higher, yes? And what effect would that have on life on earth? Nights would be less dark, possibly vastly less dark, and when the moon is out during the day, mightn’t it make those days slightly brighter than normal during the day? And wouldn’t this stress biological systems on earth? Just curious.

@manwiththeredface7821

Why would we want to terraform it? It's more valuable without an atmosphere: we can store all kinds of things (records of ourselves etc.) for thousands of years without having to worry about things like corrosion etc.

@nekomakhea9440

If a giant magnet were placed at the Earth-Sun L1, would it protect the Moon as well?

@AndrewAnderson-bx8uf 28 күн бұрын

Arthur is great at explaining how seemingly impossible ideas and objectives might be a lot more simple then they look

@Free_Krazy

My favourite answer to the question of possibility is:

@JasoTheRed48F2

I'm honestly a fan of the massive moon-wide dome. I'm imagining it a bit like the interior of a Berch-Earth, with massive (or not so massive due to the low gravity) pillars holding up a hugely tall dome over a terraformed moon.