What if the Moon Was Habitable?

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Imagine a timeline where you look up at the night sky and see a living world. Wouldnt that be wacky. Here is one alternate scenario where the Moon is just as habitable as the Earth. What type of life might live there? Would humans colonize it? Find out.
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[@AlternateHistoryHub]

Video with actual alternate history next. I got recently married and so I've had a lot to do. Had some fun with this one.

[@emperoremperor1486]

Happy marriage then.

[@vytautas4065]

I am happy for you cody! Congratulations!

[@miguelsantiago398]

Congratulations Cody!! Wish you the best in your marriage man! 💪🏼

[@unkown686]

Congratulation man!

[@brettkane9175]

Congratulations!

[@bamboozlednoodle6513]

What if the moon was habitable? The Nazis on the Fourth Reich Moon Base: *nervous laughter*

[@ofthecaribbean]

Ultimate Ethnostate

[@panaddict3448]

It doesn't exist, Bj wouldve already annihilated it.

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

That was a terrible movie.

[@wtfbros5110]

>fourth reich you mean EU?

[@TheRenegade...]

@@wtfbros5110 no

[@2MeterLP]

Imagine if it had intelligent life. And those people would think earth is the realm of gods while humans think the moon is. So we akwardly worship each other for a while.

[@DeathSithe92]

Both go to war trying to assure the other how they're the gods. "NO YOU RULE OVER US!", "NO YOU OVER US!"

[@buddy5196]

Malal Martians: *Worships both.*

[@Starfloofle]

I wonder how early in our existences we'd realize the presences of each other. As soon as any man-made light were large enough to be seen from the other planet it would be hypothetically possible to develop communications a-la smoke signals. Imagine how long we'd somehow know each other yet not truly know what the other is like.

[@kyle18934]

@@Starfloofle morse code through nuclear explosions

[@Leo-mh3cg]

@@Starfloofle Or as soon as bothe would Develop Radio transmissons.

[@awsumguy-bh9pz]

imagine though the apollo astronauts landing on the moon with assault rifles because they know they might have to fight off the wildlife lol

[@dylanroemmele906]

Russian Cosmonauts were given firearms on their journeys, though it was for after they landed back on earth because of bears and stuff

[@cruzjohnalexandert.2254]

This video: *exists* Story writers and video game developers: *It's free real estate*

[@scottyj6226]

Farcry lunar

[@Sephiroth144]

Lunar- The Silver Star exists

[@MichaelMilord]

I was literally thinking about making a game about colonizing a habitable moon :D

[@gexagon1804]

*cough* Deliver Us the Moon *cough*

[@firstnamelastname7227]

Michael Milord have you heard of laythe?

[@piranhathewise728]

Moon: *turns habitable* Every European country:you know the rules and so do i

[@4ltrz555]

Especially the UK

[@hackman669]

Say some advanced alien group decides to mess with humans for their own entertainment purposes. They make the moon habitable over a short time of Tera-farming. The most advanced countries would compete for real estate. This include, Russia, China and the US. Soon India, Europe and other countries join the space race. Aliens sit back and enjoy the conflict.

[@earthterra8546]

Hahaha I actually laughed

[@spartanx9293]

Nope the moon clearly needs freedom

[@marlinmealer6506]

Every European Country: DIBS

[@ChessedGamon]

“What if the moon was habitable?” Aliens watching this video: *nervously laugh*

[@PY5RA]

You mean; *sweats profusely*

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@Just an alien with some internet access Do you know Big Foot?

[@generalfred9426]

Ah yes the one thing that'll probably unite humanity: Alien Xenophobia

[@redbepis4600]

It still isn't habitable

[@ivanthegreat2.070]

Oh, if you're wondering, I'm the one who suggested this idea to Cody. Guess he choose episode over series.

[@Enyavar1]

The ultimate space race: what if the Moon-ians get to Earth first? Instead of the other way round...

[@oldjose9110]

The gravity will break their bones if they have any

[@balashibuyeeter2704]

they would get crushed by the earth gravity and die. the end.

[@barnstormer546]

@@balashibuyeeter2704 Pressurized suits.

[@JonatasAdoM]

We'd nuke them long before they'd even figure they can't land.

[@gabrielaviannawerneck7513]

JonatasAdoM they could get to us, before we had nukes

[@fullmetaltheorist]

"Moon becomes habitable" Queen Elizabeth : *Siri play Rule Britania.*

[@Wanking_wanker]

Then nasa would probably have a budget

[@boomertunes4410]

Its magic

[@regretfilledexsistance6330]

Samir Malla It’s literal rocket science, that’s barebones

[@ls200076]

@Samir Malla The military: Pffft, pathetic

[@prcr364]

@Samir Malla yes. It isn’t.

[@xowillvert4740]

They whouldt have a budget more of a blank check

[@EmperorTigerstar]

We should make the moon Space Australia by sending the prisoners there and waiting a hundred years. Think of the amazing battles between Space Ned Kelly and Space Steve Irwin.

[@aceskeletonne7446]

Moon Australians, Borderlands was right

[@shinigamiphantom1391]

Go Space Brancos!

[@ihadawerewolfneighbor0337]

And of course there should be a Spacey’s restaurant.

[@shinigamiphantom1391]

@@ihadawerewolfneighbor0337 With a Raditz menu.

[@idm0nkey2pt0]

Irwin would be wrestling giant brain eating slugapedes instead of Gators.

[@monsieurduquack5440]

China: *The moon has always been a part of China since ancient times*

[@vanjessy]

China: You see the moon is part of the 9 dash line, just extended *_vertically_*

[@Nova-thefun1]

Colonial powers enter chat

[@cucuawe465]

Mongol: Hey china,want to see our ancient map?

[@wizardmongol4868]

its in need of democracy time for your coup moon kun

[@deadmemes21]

@@cucuawe465 Britain: “DID SOMEONE JUST SAY UNCLAIMED LAND!?”

[@CRC-1904]

Aside from alien spiders that disguise themselves as moon rocks, I’d imagine the wild life of this alternate moon would look pretty weird.

[@martykarr7058]

Just so long as it isn't populated by sapient small carnivorous bear-like creatures.

[@fadillah6014]

@@martykarr7058 that's why cosmonauts bring guns with them.

[@martykarr7058]

@@fadillah6014 Yeah, so did the Stormtroopers on Endor, but that didn't do them much good.

[@dalton191]

Years later I can't believe people don't get the movie reference here

[@CRC-1904]

@@dalton191 I know right!?!

[@fanusobscurus4309]

"He who holds the High Ground has the advantage. There is no higher ground than High Orbit." -Codex Astartes

[@clarkstrange2142]

Fanus Obscurus obi-wan?

[@dinodude6992]

General Kenobi: are you challenging me?

[@benjaminstorace6699]

Deploys RKM's in High Gothic

[@thealpaca18]

Anakin: is it possible to learn this power?

[@piecemakernoalias1018]

**Screams in Heavy Bolter**

[@lightdarkequivalent7143]

I'd imagine the ancient people making mythologies on how Earth and the Moon were siblings

[@okinawadreaming]

Taking greeco-roman mythology into account, the moon would then likely be named after either Erebus (god of darkness), Nyx (God of the night) or Uranus (god of the sky). a good candidate however is Aether (personification of heaven/upper sky) In regards of ancient Egyptian belief, their mythology didn't involve as much inbreeding as greek pantheon, so the Gods didn't have children. The closest deity would be Khonsu, personification of the moon and the passage of time.

[@sonichegehodge5778]

Ancient people of the moon: so lol this one time we had the big one, but now we small because we did some sin or something Ancient people of Earth: so lol if ur good in life youll go to the small one because thats where all the good people go

[@saturn9536]

step earth what are you doing

[@moondust2365]

@@sonichegehodge5778 Unless the think the Earth is smaller but closer instead of farther and bigger. In which case it might become a case of double-worship and double-heaven/earth. Also, I wonder what would happen if they realize that they're spinning around a big ball that's spinning around a bigger fiery ball. Their "Galileo" would probably suffer an even bigger consequence until they realize it's true. Lol XD

[@gone41214]

@@okinawadreaming their entire mythology would be different from the getgo bruh

[@yodef6828]

No one: Spanish XVI missioners looking at the moon: "You know what? I wanna throw some jesus to there"

[@lauragodridge8966]

Y E E T T H E G O D

[@brothdian]

Imagine converting the intelligent life on moon to christianity

[@yodef6828]

@Sirius Stark Al Ghul Good observation

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@brothdian The poor fellows will probably be killed by germs and steel if they resist so it is not a fun thing to imagine.

[@__-yz1ob]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 It could be the other way around too

[@davidsurtees4439]

Earth discovers that the habitable moon has oil. United states: *think its time the moon needs some DEMOCRACY*

[@Kurtownia]

Meanwhile in an alternate universe: "What if the Moon was just a desert wasteland?"

[@leepacoindustries55]

Muad' dib!

[@ObliqueOni]

@@leepacoindustries55 First time I've ever seen a Dune reference in a KZbin comment section. Respect.

[@emperorleroy6747]

@@leepacoindustries55 long live the fighters!

[@taliakellegg5978]

@@ObliqueOni same

[@jaminonthisbeet3650]

@@leepacoindustries55 Holy fucking shit, y'all play Dune ? god damn, respect brother.

[@masmustacheo891]

Lifeless Planet: *Exists* Earth People: "For Science!" Planet With Life: *Exists* Earth People: *Colonization Battle Royal*

[@ninaa4192]

*it's free real estate*

[@jebus8613]

*moon

[@presidentbanana4536]

And we'd commit a lot of genocides on the way (assuming that there would be people to genocide there). We haven't gotten past that stuff. We would find a way to rationalize it.

[@math3000]

UK: Ah shit, here we go again

[@kyle18934]

@@presidentbanana4536 another species that is inferior to humans and does adapt to new ways, making them enemies of the human race.

[@0cean6422_]

Why is it that anytime someone makes a "what if currently uninhabitable place becomes habitable" video, I always think of the British and french

[@taffingtonboathouse5754]

Same

[@notjebbutstillakerbal]

Stolen joke, but this would end In great Britain and Northern Ireland reorganising into humanity's first interplanetary empire.

[@TheWaxworker]

It would be interesting (and scientifically possible) for our planet to have another planet slightly smaller rotating around us -- or with us mutually rotating together around a point in space while we both are going around the sun. It would be fascinating to imagine how our history would be different were that the case, especially is our sister planet had water and life on it like we do. Interesting thought.

[@DefinitelyMaybe005]

Queen Elizabeth: The kingdom will now be re-organised into the first galactic empire

[@hackman669]

So basically, if the moon had life humans would conquest into space fighting over everything and never learning to get along?

[@Dampfrebell02]

This is how Our bond to earth ends, with thunderous applause

[@Alex-hd9ef]

hackman669 what makes you think we get along now as is

[@interestingbruh670]

*Galactic Britannia Empire

[@discordadmin9796]

And there will be peace

[@mervan_canoglu1137]

British empire: It’s free real estate

[@_Ocariao]

LOL

[@jamesphillips531]

Would we even have a british empire though. What if it was the EMU empire. Fueled by their lust for the moon the Emu empire conquers indonesia and the phillipines before taking control of indochina. And then starts a world war for the sake of the moon

[@potatobird52]

Knock knock. It’s Europe.

[@lordmaguire1862]

The galactic empire

[@kyarebhikmangya]

@@jamesphillips531 nope I think whole earth would recognise other habitat planet as a home for whole human and not just a country and conquer all universe under the banner of humanity ...now think how cool would that be. If a indian from Mars call an amrican or European from moon and say hello sir this is inter galactic IT centre how may I help you.( With thick indian accent)

[@nxterminator5796]

2 things: 1. I have a guess that the moon in this scenario is filled with a lot of giant bug-like life (especially flying) more akin to our own ancient history. Low gravity paired with chitin and flight could get pretty OP. 2. What if they hold the same reverence (and potentially desire for expansion) and visit us first? Especially if their world is green? With the lower gravity, they’d have an easier time reaching escape velocity, and the big problems would likely be protecting against crushing gravity, extreme cold, lack of oxygen, and other space stuff.

[@kiritotheabridgedgod4178]

Being chitinous and insectoid would bite them in the ass if they came to earth, as they'd be crushed by their own exoskeleton and choke via lack of oxygen due to having a passive respiratory system.

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

gravoty wouldnt make a difference. if they had the ability to propel, it might speed it up 5 years at max.

[@analander9222]

Life on earth took 5 billion years to develop intelligence, I highly doubt if life on moon developed intelligence it would coincide with the time span in which human civilization develops.

[@youngboyxaj6692]

@@kiritotheabridgedgod4178I’d imagine if they were smart enough to fly down here, they’d be smart enough to figure that out. After all, it’d be obvious that the Earth was much larger than their own world seeing as it’d take up most of their sky😂

[@the_blue_jay_raptor]

​@@youngboyxaj6692 All of the planets can fit inbetween the Earth and the Moon

[@aydenhernandez2572]

America and the Soviets: it's free real estate.

[@stuckonaslide]

the soviet union will rise from the grave just to fight america in another space race

[@aceblade5677]

Moon: Has oil USA: *freedom intensifies*

[@Drheims]

“It’s not a suprise attack it’s suprise freedom.”

[@elhaddad3435]

Haha!

[@josukejostar277]

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[@rudyschwab7709]

Then the joke is on the rest of the world when they realize they are consuming the oil that is allegedly stolen....Oops!

[@lexaproqueen9681]

Next thing you know the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding hearings with intelligence officials discussing their “complete certainty” that the dictator of the Moon is building weapons of mass destruction...

[@zxn666]

romans see the moon “you know I think we can make a religion out of this”

[@generaljeneral7503]

Moon Gods acting like Roman deities: looks down and thinks "hey, we can fuck them".

[@eatornator-ox2dx]

"the spice must flow" "i felt that, dune"

[@AleksandrPodyachev]

This sounds like a setting for a Sci-fi novel written in the 1920s

[@2kplayerboi723]

Either that or a one footed creature with wings that uses it's foot to jump high up and then glide one it's wings. There could be anything. Maybe a tall stick lick creature that would hide on a tall plant and if it saw prey it would take out long scissor like fingers and jab it into preys skull. Seriously it's up to the imagination.

[@syedfatimbilal8300]

@Abraham Girt why so aggressive . He means to say it seems like a outlandishly realistic concept that was prevailing in early and mid 20th century , such as the invisible man , the Time machine etc

[@robinchesterfield42]

@Abraham Girt I don't know about the OP but yes, I personally have. Well, sci-fi short stories/novellas from around that era anyway. Actually I was gonna say this sounds like something even FURTHER back--have you ever read H.G. Wells' "The First Men in the Moon"? (not a typo, they're literally INSIDE the moon) Trippy stuff.

[@annanguyen2dtoc]

What if the Moon Was Habitable? Alternative title: What If the Moon has oil

[@prajwalghogare6055]

USA:- Do you want freedom?

[@LucasLima-qi7wu]

Hm... Oil 😋😏🇺🇸

[@PY5RA]

Well, considering oil price has tanked now....... Nothing would change xD Transportation still costs too much for off-world resource outposts to be viable.

[@TzarBomb]

@@prajwalghogare6055 US, imposing freedom since 1776.

[@x-ray-oh3134]

Moon: *Has oil* US: We are concerned with the human rights condition on the moon

[@grooverchan1600]

The Apollo lander would’ve been a glider. When you can’t explain an anomaly blame spore.

[@Leto85]

I thought you would lay out an entire speculative zoology evolution line based on how life could evolve on the moon, but that you went more into speculating the influence that different colored moon would have on human storytelling was an interesting twist for me.

[@victorgabrielbuena]

If the moon were habitable, the world would probably have completely different religions. One might claim that the moon is where the afterlife is set, Paradise. This woud also certainly boost the zeal to develop technology to discover and reach the moon. It would completely give new meaning to the phrase "the new world" and "old world"

[@stuckonaslide]

maybe the norse people would see the moon as Asgard, or other realms of Yggdrasil. thats what i thought.

[@PerikleZ87]

Or dogma would prohibit reaching and researching it?

[@user-de9oz1qe9t]

@@PerikleZ87 my thoughts egsactly

[@justashark776]

And then they find out their afterlife is populated with lanky death monsters...

[@robbieaulia6462]

But if so, once we reached moon, a lot of people will become atheist once they found out that moon isn't heaven, or whatever great land of afterlife they'll call it.

[@lovell8983]

No one: lUnAriaNs: *"Earth landing was fake"*

[@user-gu5rh8tu8w]

Long Nguyen and the moon is flat

[@knight4216]

Stupid Mooners : Earth landing was Faked on the Dark Side Genius Mooners : Earth landing was Faked on the Earth

[@Pantsinabucket]

Knight earth has no dark side. It rotates unlike the moon.

[@BigBangAttack-mt6pz]

And the fact we would of come from earth originally makes this so much better, no matter what timeline your in stupid is as stupid does

[@Tabbimura]

Lunarians during their middle ages: "Moon rotates around the Earth" "BURN THE HERETIC!!!"

[@KingDerpy13]

I've always dreamed of looking up at the moon one day, and instead of seeing a bland gray/white ball of semi-light, I'd see a green/blue with beautiful lights and, know that we humans have surpassed our past and taken the first step towards expanding and surviving the end of our star.

[@jafarsadagghe5059]

I remember playing a game with this concept called "moon souls: echoes of the past" it had the same concept and it also had the concept that the moon peopel were more technologically advanced than earth. Interesting stuff.

[@abandonedchannel72929]

I feel like this channel is becoming KZbin's "History Channel at 3am"

[@TJ52359]

1. the channel admits to being a 'what if...' vs the 'speculative' Shows on History which bend over backwards to insert multiple variants of 'Maybe', 'could' and 'some people think' to cover what some of them seriously believe 2. since when are 'those shows' limited to 3 am?

[@user-uh7cb3vy4v]

it always was

[@colonel1003]

Tim Janssen 3 am at yo m house [gone asexual}

[@xxmccurlyxx4107]

It always been like that

[@ivanthegreat2.070]

Well I'm sorry for suggesting this!

[@porter5224]

Then how would Gru steal it, Cody?

[@Daveonimus]

By shrinking it!

[@bread730]

He was the most powerful man ever... no... he was more than a man.

[@husarzpasza5556]

heh fun fact is that it Poland there was an old movie "about two who steal the moon" and it was played by twins which one of become a president ( he died during Smolensk catastrophe in 2010) and second was a prime minister and his party curently rule in Poland

[@Rose-yx6jq]

2:11 Big Chill!!! Hell yeah!

[@corneliusbinklefredickbear9936]

I see big chill.. You had my curiosity, but now you have my full attention

[@shaunlevin5081]

"There is a place with abundant land," Britain: Did someone say land?

[@fatetestarossa2774]

LANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@stantorren4400]

Shaun Levin It also has tea. Lots of it.

[@tealablu3759]

Britain: no one was there, so I assumed it was mine

[@Wertsir]

*I’LL TAKE YOUR WHOLE STOCK!*

[@killfrenzy303]

The sun never sets on the British empire....ever

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

"Okay, I know. This is a crazy idea" Bro, "crazy idea" is the foundation of this channel

[@tobyharrison4702]

Very true dude. Very true. also nice to see you here.

[@HuevoBendito]

The Manly Manperor graces us with His presence!

[@Nanamowa]

I wonder if there are moons out in the universe that developed intelligent life on the both the moons and the main planet and they started communicating long before they ever could visit one another.

[@andruism7]

Alternatively, if the moon was a different color, we might have different feelings about what that color meant. if the moon was red, we might find the color red to be more natural and soothing.

[@user-hp6mt2hi8e]

but it's also the color of BLOOD

[@wyattmaniscalco3090]

Imagine the tides on the moon’s oceans lmao

[@Drheims]

Oh yeah good point.

[@thegamelabgaming7556]

I wonder if they’d be a lot bigger because of the gravity of earth, correct me if that sounded really stupid.

[@planetfall5056]

Its tidally locked to Earth so its tides wouldn't move though, the oceans would just stay higher in some places.

[@larutmrs3313]

@@planetfall5056 good point!

[@plant5875]

@@planetfall5056 what? doesn't tidal lock makes it rotate?

[@beyondthesmp8972]

Imagine a space war, America vs Russia “The War for Mars....”

[@generalfred9426]

I'm going to the the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism *SPAYCE*

[@ivanthegreat2.070]

No, Entente vs Central Powers IN SPACE!

[@jamiebrechany7102]

There is time.

[@setsunasakamoto5567]

United States of planetary America (USPA) British Inter-World Empire (BIWE) Interstellar People's Republic of China (IPRC) French Solar Republic (FSR) Federation of Russian Planetary Republic (FRPR) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many many Wars for independance later ===================================== .Russian Federation of Mars (RFM) .Location: Hesperia Planum Western Region .Population: 9,529, 903 .Goverment: Republic Meritocracy .Ethics: Chechens, Rartians (Russian Martians), Martians (Humans that lived on mars for 5 Generations) .Language: Russian, with a diffrent accent .Provinces: 85, each which used to be controlled by the subjects of the Russian Federation ====================================== .Ex-Latino Republica de Tycho y Byrgius (RTB) .Backround: former colony of a coalition of Spanish speaking countries composed of lead by Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Chile. supported by The latin American countries, philipines, central american nations, and Equitorial Guinea. .Location: The Lunar Regions Tycho, Byrgius .Population: 20, 591, 209 .Goverment: Republic .Ethics: Lanars ( Spanish Lunars) Lunars (Spanish Spa=eaking people who lived for 5 Generations), Latin Americans, .Mexicans, Spaniards, philipinos, Equitorial Gunieans. .Language: Spanish with a strange accent .provinces: 22, all wich used to be controlled by diffrent countries in the coalition ========================================== Former Chinese Ishtar Republic (FCIR) .backround: former annexed land from The PRC in Venus .location: Istar Terra in the north of Venus .population: 3,408,221,183 Goverment: Republic Meritocracy .Ethics: All of China's ethics, and the Venutians (Chinese that lived in Venus for 5 Generations) .Languages: Tibetan, Mandarin, Mongolians. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are other countries in the planets. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ in this timeline the most destructive wars in the history of humanity are the 3 War between Worlds. 1st War Between Worlds: War to establish the colonies. 2nd War Between worlds: a war between the Inner Powers, and the Outer powers 3rd War Between Worlds: The Solar System Revolt against their colonizers, from Mercury all the way to the Kuiper Belt 1st war between worlds: 9,250, 122 deaths 2nd war between worlds: 15,360,900 3rd war between Worlds: 10,700,290

[@JerreyRough]

There's a game like that with hover tanks! kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2SlhoefpbGegbs

[@MagnumForce51]

You have to keep in mind the effects on the ecology of the Earth. Many of Earth's creatures (and many insects) use moonlight for navigation. A habitable green and blue moon (or some other color if life gave that world a different hue but in either case it certainly wont be a bright white like today's moon is) would probably not be as bright as our moon is so it wouldn't be as useful for that purpose. It's not just human history this would change. It would likely have ripple effects across a significant part of the Earth's ecosystem.

[@DannieKamete]

The moon's albedo effect is actually like coal. In other words, the moon would appear brighter in the night sky it had oceans and clouds

[@kashutosh9132]

​@@DannieKamete How so? A bit of explanation,bro😅

[@DannieKamete]

@@kashutosh9132 albedo effect means reflective ability. Moon rocks and soil are very dark and reflect öight poorly.

[@techo___o]

Actually, moon is pretty bad at reflecting light though. It has albedo value only 0.12 while Earth is 0.33. The moon will be 2 times brighter if it has ocean, atmosphere and clouds (clouds is very high in albedo).

[@diaz2634]

Don't forget that in this alternate timeline just like in history we would be able to see the surface of the moon using telescopes with maybe even visible animals, before being able to physically go up there. If there was a stronger desire to go to it like you speculate then the desire to view it would also be stronger.

[@lavabiscuits]

I don't think we'd discover animals, but we would try harder to see the moon.

[@Jonnyc448]

Easy, that means both the Earth and moon would be flat

[@Schmidty1]

*BIG BRAIN*

[@Abram-Delgado]

How about Mars?

[@thomasfucci9511]

no

[@austinmoon6974]

⬅️🧠➡️

[@TheITTman]

Nailed it.

[@dominatorandwhocaresanyway9617]

100 years later : *What if the Earth was habitable?*

[@gam3rmom3nt3]

*twelve days later

[@SFFRN19]

Deep

[@floridaball4896]

What if the earth was still habitable

[@dominatorandwhocaresanyway9617]

@@gam3rmom3nt3 its 2020. wouldnt be surprised

[@Edzter]

My great grandchildren on mars: Hey grandpa? What was it like when you were young. Me a floating head in a jar: Well Jimmy, back in my day we would kill our planet for profit instead of try to making it habitable for more people.

[@TumblinWeeds]

Living moon: **exists** The UK: *it’s free real estate!* The moon: **declares independence** UK: *surprised pikachu face*

[@ganados0]

US: "So how did your war for independence go?" Canada and Australia: "War?"

[@mikaelleonbriones6356]

Moon's declaration of indepenence: All aliens are created equal

[@earth1364]

"United States of Luna" "(USL)"

[@cryingcatgoesbark310]

As soon as I read the title I thought of: “Knock knock,it’s the United States.”

[@orf2A]

The united states had boats with guns, gunboats.

[@nv_johan8711]

@@orf2A spaceships, dare I say.

[@Bananappleboy]

*_Open, the moon. Stop having it being closed._* said the united states... Theres nothing the lunar natives could do, so they signed a contract allowing the USA, Britain and Russia to visit at anytime they like.

[@roomyskink1804]

No one: China: "The moon has been part of Chinese territory since ancient times"

[@dddf27]

Techinicaly the truth lol because moon made of earth and theia

[@EdTowel-ww7yh]

That's Israel.

[@tompatterson1548]

Zero STNF then japan has a better claim.

[@DZ477]

@jeanferdi China used that phrase on Taiwan too

[@mme.veronica735]

There's already an international treaty China signed that says no Nation can lay claim to the moon or any ither object in space

[@MassachusettsMapping]

British be like: The Earth never sets on the British Empire

[@matthew8153]

Massachusetts Mapping 2020 You, sir, have won this small section of the internet.

[@meneither3834]

The moon always face the Earth with the same side.

[@taliakellegg5978]

@Nic Bell r/woosh

[@meneither3834]

@Nic Bell Whoosh

[@segevstormlord3713]

The first moon missions would be made without intent of return trip. They might, eventually, plan to send care packages that can get people back, but the first goal would just be to build a colony.

[@scaper12123]

Ya know, there’s an easy way to make this scenario more feasible: just make the moon bigger. At a certain size, even if smaller than earth, sustained life on the moon becomes perfectly feasible.

[@batman_2004]

If oil was found in this alternate moon.. America : Its free real estate.

[@bubbykins4864]

@@ylayapalma2833 Actually, it was more the parliament being incompetent in the British Empire.

[@krsmanjovanovic8607]

There actually is an very good element for creating energy on the Moon!

[@Bzons]

*Elon Musk invests in a space bridge*

[@bobthebuilder5493]

I don't know much about this but I've heard a few things from the homeless living near my humble abode. They said that the lunar surface has been bombarded with energy from the sun For thousands of years... The lunar soil apparently has absorbed this energy. So if you heat up the soil to 15,000 degrees Fahrenheit, you can extract that energy in the form of helium-3.

[@CountingStars333]

@@bobthebuilder5493 Your homeless are smart.

[@alexanderglass2057]

1:41 The moon has an atmosphere it’s just so thin/sparse that it doesn’t really matter when it comes to designing landers. The lunar atmosphere is really thin plasma made of helium three and argon, sunrise and sunset reveals the little bit of atmosphere in a Green glow.

[@totallynottitan126]

On a side note, Helium Three is EXTRAORDINARILY useful for nuclear FUSION reactors. Important we say FUSION and not FISSION. The difference is that FUSION causes new bonds to form, whereas in a FISSILE reactor, large and rather unstable elements, such as Uranium 235, are exploited, and, well, exploded to create tremendous amounts of heat.

[@logicplague2077]

@@totallynottitan126 assuming fusion ever pans out. after all, it's only thirty years away

[@drachna]

@@logicplague2077 Fusion will be great in a few 30 years or so.

[@thejadedrabbitTJR]

@@totallynottitan126 A fissile reactor? I've heard of fusion and fission reactors, but fissile is a new one. /s

[@juliannolastname2442]

@@logicplague2077 I feel like they said it was 30 years away 30 years aho

[@grumpydixie1645]

imagine how freaking tall the creatures on this alternate moon must be (o_0)

[@eyuin5716]

Where did you get your profile picture from? It looks cool.

[@grumpydixie1645]

@@eyuin5716 space engine

[@deeziemeezie5288]

What I read on thumbnail: What if the moonwas HITable Drunk me: Why... ofcourse it's hitable.

[@MrTJPAS]

I'm sure there would be some point in history where an offshoot of a religion would try to migrate to the Moon and view it as "the promised land" and that it was their mission to leave the doomed Earth behind to reach it and begin anew. Whether or not they would pull it off, who knows?

[@starfirejordan9875]

i have a similar thought but it was more on what if the moon had red seas and barren land(like what was said in the video). like if most religions treated it as hell or said it is hell and in the future we land on it discovering its not. how many people would denied the moon landing and how many would go athiste??

[@JeithKarrett]

isn't that the cult of ghouls in new vegas

[@tealablu3759]

I smell a story

[@maxcohen4891]

Space Mormon hype

[@Dudofall]

I will reach the promised land.

[@anne.andromeda]

Can you make part 2, "What if there was civilisation on the Moon", presenting the situation where there was 2nd civilisation in Solar System inhabiting habitable moon? How would it affect humanity. How radio contact would affect both civilisations.

[@marrqi7wini54]

There are multiple factors to take account of however. 1. Can we even manage some form of communication? There could be a language barrier. If they can even speak like we can. 2. Are they advanced enough for radio. They could be very primitive. 3. Will it disrupt they're way of life? They or we might want to them to develop their civilization naturally.

[@andresmarrero8666]

@@marrqi7wini54 light would be the most optimal method of communication and one we have been using for a very long time, way before the concept of a radio was ever dreamt up. Though likely, apart from some collaborative projects and long discussions and info exchange, the two would probably leave each other alone. What happens on earth doesn't really concern those on the moon and vice versa.

[@Blutwind]

@@andresmarrero8666 Moon People could more easily throw rocks at us then we could throw stones at them so earth would be very concerned about moon people

[@Chickenjump]

Reminds me of Star Trek.

[@3Rayfire]

And would they respect us after reality television?

[@hunterrivera2142]

5:08 Why is this so funny 😂

[@emilioibanez4981]

I can actually imagine a horror movie based on this concept where humans rush to the moon for resources not knowing that there are scary creatures in there

[@deusexaethera]

I believe the movie you're thinking of is called "Apollo 18".

[@Zeta4]

Moonfall

[@youshoudraisethefunnyyoukn4938]

Those creatures would be Hella weak compared to us though considering gravity.

[@lavabiscuits]

​@youshoudraisethefunnyyoukn4938 We aren't adapted to their environment. They are. On our planet, they would crumble, but they would be very strong once we enter their domain.

[@srsanders3]

So basically everyone who lives there is some sub species of slender-man.

[@meg3904]

Adelaide FS maybe slender man is actually from the alternative universe of a living moon...

[@andresmarrero8666]

Personally I would be taking more inspiration from the various moon based myths, legends, and beliefs.

[@pogdog86]

Imagine the first man telescoping the moon's landscape, seeing a slenderish man. Slenderman isn't just some creepypasta now, it's a myth from another world. xD

[@TheZapan99]

And Humans would be midget glass cannon monsters to them, able to punch and kick them with an enormous force, but easily killed if you puncture their spacesuit or break their visors.

[@MarfSantangelo]

@@TheZapan99 So we'd basically be space orcs?

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

_"WHAT IF THE MOON WAS HABITABLE?"_ *Me:* _Fly me to the moon, let me play among the stars..._

[@nameofacreativevariety9985]

*show me how to get, how to get to a Jupiter and Mars

[@mattai075]

Yes

[@davidribosome4326]

Ah a truly cultured individual

[@Rishi123456789]

Based and Sinatrapilled!

[@subjectdelta4011]

Nice reference

[@techrvl9406]

What if the moon was habitable? Lunar: The silver star: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@thefabulouskitten7204]

I understood that reference

[@techrvl9406]

@@thefabulouskitten7204 you're the true MVP

[@techrvl9406]

@Drew Taylor Yo, we need a remake, right now!

[@paulb8030]

2:11 The potential for life would be big chill.

[@spinoirrex2433]

*life Shows big chill from Ben 10 Me: ah a man of culture

[@muanofuny7457]

Same

[@generalfred9426]

The old version was the best

[@colonel1003]

ah, another man of unfunny Reddit culture

[@oldmanlogan9616]

Big Chill best boy

[@dehzo6854]

upgrade>

[@amperzand9162]

Technically, the moon does actually have an atmosphere. About ten tons of it. Exhaust from the Apollo landers would've briefly made a meaningful difference in the total mass of the lunar atmosphere.

[@johnmcglennan8956]

That's an exosphere, and the moon already has something along those lines, weighing about 25,000kgs or 55,000lbs

[@Yuel402]

As someone who loves Science, History and daydreaming. Thank you! I'm just so ecstatic and depressed at the same time.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*a habitual moon would make eclipses truly surreal refracting off the atmosphere and seeing the lightning storms on the shadow side of the lunar surface...not to mention the possibility of seeing the Luna Borealis*

[@theraginginfernape9496]

Even if life existed drastically different from ours, someone will definitely have a fetish for it.

[@Jobe-13]

TheRagingInfernape 😂

[@mariavanilla6781]

and will try to mate with it.

[@ricardoalves9605]

The real question its, if it was sentient life, would it still be bestiality id you had (consensual) sex with it?

[@KiraSlith]

@@ricardoalves9605 Assuming they're not "dehumanized" it wouldn't be Beastiality by any description, but it still has the same biohazard risks. (HEAVILY loaded sentence, let me know if that needs unpacking.)

[@ricardoalves9605]

@@KiraSlith What do you mean with "Dehumanized"?

[@nikkity5491]

Weyland yutani did this - building better worlds

[@YankeeOneSix]

Ah, a man of culture

[@bigmac3373]

Yes

[@jeff_r517]

I love alternate realities. Makes me wonder about the new heavens and earth to come!

[@gwenderp6229]

I have been watching your videos for like 6 years and this will always be my favorite video you made.

[@europanzer3929]

*reads title* - USA has entered the chat. - Russia has entered the chat. - China has entered the chat. - France has entered the chat. - United Kingdom has entered the chat. - Spain has entered the chat. - Portugal has entered the chat. - Belgium has entered the chat. - Netherlands has entered the chat. - Germany has entered the chat. - Italy has entered the chat. - Denmark has entered the chat. - Sweden has entered the chat. - Japan has entered the chat.

[@dagemeliorszczebrzeszynski9307]

Poland can also into space

[@dagemeliorszczebrzeszynski9307]

@Phillip Cornwall Actually, Mirosław Hermaszewski was the first Polish astronaut in 1978.

[@k.umquat8604]

@@dagemeliorszczebrzeszynski9307 He could only go there because of the Soviets

[@calus_bath_water]

Why those specific countries

[@JakeBaldwin1]

V3X I think because they all have developed space programs, but I'm not sure.

[@FourthDerivative]

Our timeline: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" Alternate timeline: "🎶 We're whalers on the moon, we carry a harpoon, but there ain't no whales, so we tell tall tales and sing our whalin' tune 🎶"

[@matthew8153]

FourthDerivative Which came first, the Futurama pilot or the episode of South Park where they send a whale to the moon?

[@ap1evideogame44]

"We're whalers on the-" *click*

[@legateotteriusozer8477]

read it like Riders on the storm!

[@grumpydixie1645]

were whalers on the- oh no i will die doing what i love

[@HypersonicWyvern]

This is Moonbase Alpha

[@tylerdruskoff9689]

That you Cody from Alternate History Hub, I always enjoy your videos but this one really hit different for some reason. I have always had a fascination with space

[@marcusayala6933]

Thanks for the awesome videos! Your voice is dramatic, and the cartoons and images are very entertaining. Continue the incredible content!

[@concept5631]

8:19 "The Moon will become something like a giant harbor. *At first* a stepping stone for *future* colonization of Mars." I mean, that's exactly what it is in our timeline, its just uninhabitable.

[@spacier2988]

I want to like this, but I can't because the amount of likes (61) matches your profile picture and username.

[@danceman6188]

@@spacier2988 now it is 69

[@xxopcseresznyexx2612]

Doesn't uninhabitable mean habitable? Un- means not, so not inhabitable means habitable.

[@spacier2988]

@@danceman6188 bruh

[@t3hmaniac]

@@xxopcseresznyexx2612 "Inhabitable means habitable? What a country..."

[@runningthemeta5570]

For a second I thought that this was an advertisement for another book you're writing. Although this does sound like a good premises for a book where their is a group of aliens living on the moon and coming to Earth and people's reaction to their visit

[@thomasball5432]

Someone beat ya to it. It's called Thomas Edison conquers the martians. This isn't even a joke.

[@trikitrikitriki]

Why are they always visiting us? Why not the other way around?

[@coolguy8221]

I really wanna find a game or if I learn how to code, make a game that has this scenario.

[@aegonii8471]

There’s an anime about this called Aldnoah Zero.

[@a_can_of_soda]

What's the name of the music at 9:23?

[@jcheck1107]

It’s fascinating that you’ve added what it would be like to ancients if the moon was habitable to the ancients not just if we make it habitable

[@KOKOBC]

Imagine how advanced space travel would be if there was competition to reach the moon. Honestly I feel like most of the time competition allows for more innovation and faster progression most of the time than collaboration.

[@asterwings]

Earth Moon's Habitable: Humans: *Let's fight for territory*

[@generalfred9426]

*Nukes the moon so much it becomes unhabitable*

[@brianstabile165]

CrazyCowboyPatton no no no We send country roads take me home

[@tealablu3759]

Manifest dicktany ftw

[@MrAranton]

Earth moon is habitable: Lunarians: Look at all that free real estate on Earth!

[@Czarewich]

If the Moon were habitable, life would probably be very similar to Earth's. If the panspermia theory is correct, then similar asteroid fragments that brought life to Earth would have very likely brought it to the Moon too. Having the same starting point and a similar distance from the sun, I'd think you'd probably see very similar evolutionary outcomes with maybe some slightly different body types (lower gravity means larger organisms could walk around freely on the land, and smaller hearts would be needed to pump blood against gravity, birds and flying animals could have thicker bones because they don't have to overcome gravity as much to take flight). It's a really interesting idea! I think the biggest factor would be the difference in day/night cycle. The moon takes 27 days to rotate. How would THAT impact plant life? Would there be animals that essentially go into short hibernations during dark days? Maybe different sets of eyes that can see in the dark or daylight, or semi-transparent eye coverings that block out sunlight during the 27-day long day? Maybe migratory animals that stay in the sunlight or darkness constantly? What an interesting concept ugh! I love it. So cool!

[@DBStudios1098]

i love deep thoughts

[@zimos9286]

Perhaps creatures on this Alternative Moon would evolve to have a different way to see the world in pitch black conditions.

[@alicorn3924]

Also, doesn't the Moon have little to no tectonic activity?

[@TiagoH1710]

@@alicorn3924but habitable Moon would

[@alicorn3924]

@@TiagoH1710 i guess?

[@jamieshaftoe5875]

Earth: Finally gets to the moon Queen Elizabeth: *laughs in British*

[@robinstevenson6690]

Love it when you get poetic in these videos. We need more poetry in this world.

[@NCRMoment]

*If the moon was habitable the NCR would expand there and tax the shit out of the aliens on the dark side of it*

[@appalachianwolf1187]

Yes

[@kennedytheretard975]

damn that gives alot of lore, fockin Fallout universe but the moon is habitable

[@guy_who_plays_hoi8236]

Patrolling The Dark Side almost makes me wish for atomic summer.

[@RedLeader327]

Sounds about right.

[@dinodude6992]

The necron who was rudely awakened by ncr colonization: that's it! I'm getting me mallet

[@undeniablelogic1963]

2:10 "...potential for life" *Shows Ben 10 alien.*

[@lor-dylan6998]

Yeah, I saw it.

[@josukejostar277]

*DAH DAH DAH*"IT STARTED WHEN AN ALIEN DEVICE DID WHAT IT DID"

[@kuziziy4262]

1:58 the ship from spore, is 👌🏽

[@lexaproqueen9681]

I really appreciate all the detail Cody put into discussing how seeing a habitable moon in our sky would reshape human mythologies, cultures, and perception of ourselves within the universe.

[@bbfissingle1715]

Cody: What if the moon was habitable? Me: (Logs onto Universe Sandbox 2)

[@dinodude6992]

It would be funny if someone at area 51 terraformed the moon in universe sandbox 2 and it becoming reality

[@keithharper32]

maybe we should get Anton Petrov's channel on this then

[@l.u.i.s._.8452]

Moon: *has large unclaimed land* The English, the Spanish, the French, the Dutch: 👀👀👀

[@dinodude6992]

The Americans: meh... *Oil has been found by France* America: *loads shotgun with malicious intent* shame

[@racoonlittle1679]

@@dinodude6992 France: AHHHHHHHH

[@auxencefromont1989]

@@dinodude6992 France : attache les baïonettes avec des intentions mauvaises

[@alamgiral-qidwa6067]

Not to mention Russia and China:👀👀👀 And India and Pakistan:👀👀👀

[@Darkfawfulx]

What about the Portuguese?

[@k.5425]

Can you do a video on what if magic existed? And like it was normal for every single person to have it but if course like in every society it would be in varying degrees(strong, weak average etc.) . Like having magic is like how it's normal to be born with arms and legs. Something like that.

[@piecheese1214]

I forever love you for referencing Spore of all games.

[@MonsieurDean]

Britain: "Watch out, here I come."

[@math3000]

*RULE BRITANNIA INTENSIFIES*

[@allenallen9879]

Yes.

[@hedgehognegative1059]

RULE BRITANNIA! BRITANNIA RULES THE STARS!

[@subsnovideoschallenge-kb7st]

I WILL write a fanfic about this. Cody you've inspired me and given me something to do this weekend.

[@marvinverbeck1530]

Please link it to me

[@Opossum_queen]

Drop it here when it's finished.

[@orionrazilov5994]

how goes the writting?

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

How's it coming along?

[@-avalon-9440]

I NEED TO SEE THIS FANFICTION!

[@tymunster]

The largest meteor to ever hit the moon was half the size of the one that caused the KT extinction. Would it have caused a total moon extinction?

[@patcris8923]

Ik sure you know the largest thing to ever hit yo mom to

[@andrewspears8891]

At 8:02 you said fuel is expensive. While that is true, that's by far not the main expense of space travel (and in fact a small fraction of the cost). The main expense of space travel is in fact having to rebuild vehicles for each trip (even if the space shuttles were "reusable" their rockets weren't and repairing damage from reentry was prohibitively expensive).