War for the Moon could ‘rebound onto Earth’ | Professor AC Grayling

[@artfuldiggs2206]

Lithium is not a rare earth. It is not in short supply on earth although extracting and processing it is costly.

[@JohnBl7167]

Went to a party on the moon once. It was OK but not much atmosphere 😂

[@SanctuaryLife]

Same, didn’t find myself gravitating towards much while I was there.

[@boossersgarage3239]

sounds legit,

[@JaaaY_RS]

Sounds out of this world

[@kdlofty]

Was Russ Abbott there?

[@poneill65]

"Lithium in short supply on Earth" 1) wrong, completely wrong. There's plenty. There's just a short term mining/refining capacity shortage (but way more capacity than on the moon, and way cheaper to exploit) 2) Litium is just one battery chemistry. There are many others in the pipeline, like sodium. Also thermal batteries will become increasingly used for static energy storage.

[@lemdixon01]

She was their Moon Correspondent

[@henrycobb]

When you have a nut on the show then at the very least fact check them. It is vastly cheaper to extract lithium from seawater than the Moon.

[@tadcastertory1087]

Well done on getting Grayling to talk about anything other than Brexit. However, he knows nothing about the moon, or politics for that matter.

[@MGBetts1]

Well said! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@So-Be-It_890]

No one should be messing around with the Moon. It controls the tides. It should be off limits.

[@garydzidowski1134]

And just how could anything man can do affect the Moon enough to even change the tides by a mere millimeter? All of mankind does not have that power. Even if all the nuclear weapons, rockets, and explosives were used. Do the math, or don't post nonsense.

[@So-Be-It_890]

@@garydzidowski1134 Don't change things. Mining on the moon could be catastrophic.

[@audreyroche9490]

It also controls people emotions and planet threw the stars

[@audreyroche9490]

English word is maths not math

[@So-Be-It_890]

@@audreyroche9490 I'm a Cancer.

[@entity_unknown_]

Would hate to destabilize the moon

[@IvorMektin1701]

It has the same surface area as Africa, or do you think Honolulu hotels will capsize Oahu?

[@audreyroche9490]

All about energy

[@lemdixon01]

What happens on the Moon stays on the Moon

[@petergarrone8242]

If they discovered Californium might be worth mining it. Not much else though.

[@clivemitchell43]

Again Prof Grayling pontificates on a subject of which he knows little. I'd like this to be discussed properly, by adults who know what they are saying and have made a proper study of the subject. Instead we have a Hesiltine look alike flaunting his ignorance.

[@MGBetts1]

Professor Grayling can't even get his head around the geopolitics going on in THIS world, so I have no idea why anyone should take him seriously about the moon!

[@col403]

Everyone knows the Americans planted their flag on the Moon 50 years ago and owns it. ; )

[@geoffreynhill2833]

Isn't Cheltenham enough? 🤔

[@1conkers1]

What is wrong with humanity, dumb egotistical greed. Won’t ever end because we keep perpetuating even now

[@MikeHunt-rh1rp]

I clicked on this because I thought it was Michael Heseltine

[@dannyboyy31]

I thought that was Michael Heseltine for a moment 🤦‍♂

[@MGBetts1]

They're both remoaners, and I think they use the same barber! 😂🤣😂🤣

[@FunnyDodoBird-be5ob]

I think the moon is wasted would make a great projector screen 😅

[@ioanbota9397]

Its interestyng

[@lemdixon01]

Helium is the only thing worth sending back to Eaeth but it needs to be refined on the Moon first.

[@julianmcgee5741]

ANY removal of.moon mass will definately change the gravity between the earth and its moon.

[@rogerphelps9939]

There is nothing much on the moon that we need. The longest anyone has stayed on the moon so far is just a few days and at huge cost. It willl become cheaper but not that cheap. That means that there will be no wars over the moon ever.

[@kordelas2514]

So far no one has proven that the Moon is a physical object and that there is outer space beyond gaseous space.

[@kordelas2514]

@KevinCleghorn And still no valid argument. GE fantasists only have fantasies.

[@kordelas2514]

@KevinCleghorn And still no valid argument from fantasists.

[@lemdixon01]

War on the Moon 🌙 🌚

[@SuperConfidentman]

I was just wondering the other day whether the moon could be terraformed.

[@chrismason5905]

No. It's too small to hold on to any form of atmosphere.

[@georgspengler3573]

-Lithium on the Moon? The Moon is depleted in lithium and there are no processes expected that would lead to the formation of ores. Rare Earth metals exist but in too low a concentration to be extracted. There are no mineral resources on the Moon known so far that would be valuable enough to send them to Earth. Nothing to mine there except for in situ utilization.

[@Withnail1969]

There's nothing useful to us there. Same with Mars.

[@audreyroche9490]

Moon controls people emotions and controls the planet threw the stars energy if u understand astrology

[@georgspengler3573]

@@Withnail1969 I would not say that.

[@rogerphelps9939]

There is no need to understand astrology because it is all made up nonsense. Furthermore you can't spell.@@audreyroche9490

[@damianleah6744]

Complete nonsense this is decades away if not longer. They can barely put a foot on the moon for a few days let alone talking about this nonsense

[@georgspengler3573]

Also, the Moon has no lithium ores.

[@glynarchie5765]

I agree, at, at our current technological level, might be able to bring something back to power a lightbulb for a week, slight drawback it will cost billions, and need a vast amount of resources from this planet, this might be a debate in about 100 years though , if we make it, but joking apart in the future , we will have to look to space for resources , as ours disappear, and we require more energy, but we need a massive leap in technology, and as yiu say its decades away.

[@guff9567]

Grayling has no law qualification

[@1234567marks]

Hmm, I’d be surprised if our civilisation survives long enough to develop the capability to economically mine the moon.

[@EddieWhitehead-e7z]

The Europeans are not my kin, they are foreigners,EEC would be fine but not a political union.

[@craigmore3433]

The moon needs to be a nature reserve. I don’t want to look up at mining wasteland

[@IvorMektin1701]

Did that seem intelligent when you wrote that?

[@craigmore3433]

@@IvorMektin1701 yes sums my thinking up neatly

[@thomashosking385]

@@craigmore3433 Agree with you.

[@rogerphelps9939]

It is already a wasteland and there is nothing worth mining there anyway.

[@charjl96]

War for the Moon? Nonsense.

[@robhudson1501]

exploring or destroying, the moon should be declared a world Heritage site

[@kordelas2514]

Lol. They talk about the Moon, yet no one has proven what it really is and how it occurs.

[@aboutface7961]

Nahh. This moon war will happen on 'the moon' !. Otherwise what kind of moon was is this?. Bring forth the Moonrakers !!!!

[@JayDeeChannel]

Haha! That’s a long way off.. don’t panic over your brekky just yet.

[@MichaelM-q2q]

On the backs of the poor.Im sure.

[@garydzidowski1134]

Why is Times Radio interviewing a Philosopher about this? He is way outside his knowledge base. Get an astrophysicist or astronomer to talk knowledgably about this. What about the other planets,? The Millions of asteroids and comets in and beyond the Kepler belt? Not even mentioned.

[@leisti]

In case you didn't notice, the discussion was about the political and military ramifications of the coming dash for the Moon's resources. There's little call for astronomy or astrophysics in that debate.

[@rogerphelps9939]

There will be no coming dash for lunar resources. Someone who knows what they are talking about would have knocked that on the head straight away.@@leisti

[@RhydianLewisEntertainment]

This guy is not even convincing. Any one with a haircut like that is hard to watch IMHO.

[@морозсказка]

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[@Travis_22]

😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@TaffDerekBaker]

Maned Rocket Missions to the Moon Are Not Possible

[@rogerphelps9939]

No you need lions for that.