Why we need to colonize the Moon

We must colonize the Moon.
It is the only way to have humans live and work in space, to get humans to Mars, and to other stars.
But why?
This video will serve as a case for colonizing the Moon. Why haven't we gone back to the Moon? Why should we? Why should we colonize space?
If you enjoy, please like and subscribe
footage in this video taken using Space Engine

[@Kyplanet893]

Also when you're done watching this check out Anthrofuturism, its a good channel about lunar colonization and what inspired me to make this www.youtube.com/@Anthrofuturism

[@antonwatson2334]

Great channel too!

[@TiffanyShepherd-kjs7521]

Will do!

[@anbon4985]

fenomenal video man keep up the great work, also if it isn't too much trouble could you put some of your sources in the description, these topics really interest me and i want to read more about them

[@Doddo0]

Huzzah! Indubitably splendid news, my dear fellow!

[@k4rli_475]

love them ar

[@PaleBlueDot946]

Instead of saying the moon is a stepping stone on our way to mars we should really say it’s a stepping stone to the future

[@HejtzerIV]

That's the spirit!

[@huxleybennett4732]

I think the “stepping stone to mars” thing is just advertising. The moon has been done so people aren’t as interested in going there anymore, plus it’s obviously much easier than mars. “The future” is too vague for people not already into futurism to really get attached to

[@NightShinerStudio]

​@@huxleybennett4732were not just going back to the moon for no reason, we're going there to stay

[@huxleybennett4732]

@@NightShinerStudio 100%, but most people don’t even think about space exploration and colonisation much at all. Having the clear, never before achieved goal of going to Mars is an easy way to get the people who are on the fringe to pay more attention. Plus the extra difficultly makes it more interesting to people. It’s the same reason far more people tune in for launches to the moon without people than tune in for launches to the ISS.

[@operatoralex5926]

I mean it would be both tho. Stepping stone to the mars, future and beyond

[@CapitalTeeth]

Virgin Mars dreamer vs Chad Moon enthusiast

[@huxleybennett4732]

The Moon’s just the first step to everywhere else, with mars being maybe the second

[@HeyIsaiddontlookwtfwhatiswrong]

TEETH

[@mgc7199]

Both wrong. Read my comments. Asteroids are the way to go.

[@dillonblair6491]

​@@mgc7199 No. Planets are better in every way

[@mgc7199]

@@dillonblair6491 When it comes to cheap resources, gravity wells are bad, mkay?

[@lenarianmelon4634]

The romanticization of Mars has been one of the biggest blunder of space colonization

[@dillonblair6491]

No, it's the next best option for colonization. Every other planet is magnitudes more difficult

[@lenarianmelon4634]

@@dillonblair6491 I know, but it's to the point where the moon, the best option is getting overshadowed by public media and possibly even by SpaceX (literally the only company close to being capable of doing so)

[@dillonblair6491]

@@lenarianmelon4634 It's not overshadowed by anything. Every country with a space program is aiming at the moon. Every single planned crewed mission and base building operation is aimed at the moon.

[@lenarianmelon4634]

@@dillonblair6491 I am aware of how all space programs are targeting it, note how I said public media as the only definite answer. It's also that SpaceX is an exception by having a CEO that is more focused on Mars while also being the best candidate to actually get us to the Moon.

[@dillonblair6491]

@@lenarianmelon4634 If all the actual mechanisms are gearing towards moon colonization, this is a pearl clutching non issue then. Who cares if social media and outlets talk about mars as we head to the moon. I don't think being vague and unclear makes your point more valid. Secondly I wouldn't even concede that public media is more focused on mars than the moon. I just saw mainstream news videos talking about the space race to the moon with over a million views. And I doubt you'd actually have any metric by which to say my anecdote is incorrect or that mars is overshadowing the moon. Lastly no, space X is squarely focused on the moon right now in terms of actual projects and missions. It's not an exception to anything.

[@thesusimposter3]

We are so back moonbros

[@randomweeb6997]

0:50 the Moon is a boring dead rock. that's precisely why we should colonize it. because once we figure out what to do on those boring dead rocks, every single other boring dead rock will be a potential place for colonization. and there's a good portion of them in our Solar System already.

[@didncozosksma4466]

On top of that. It’s actually very close. Practically on our doorstep, by the standards of distance in space.

[@Nevrits]

​@didncozosksma4466 If the solar system is a neighborhood, the moon is our backyard.

[@WealthProsperityPath]

@@Nevrits if the solar system is a neighbourhood, the moon is our kitchen

[@gneu1527]

Calling planets boring dead rocks is my favorite thing and I have no idea why

[@polyaro2504]

@@didncozosksma4466so close that signals sent to the moon to communicate only take 1.28 seconds to reach, but for Mars, it’s more like 20 minutes, we have to colonize the moon first and find a way to make signals instant and then go on Mars

[@samuelspace101]

2:23 “We did not lose the technology or capability to get to the moon, we lost our ambition. This is one of the worst failures of humanity in modern times” I love this quote so much, it cannot be understated how much progress was lost in the last 50 years from just not doing anything.

[@troybaxter]

This and the technology was "lost" in the sense that the companies and engineers associated with Apollo have since dissolved, retired, or passed away.

[@Jinakaks]

Well part of it is cheap technology had to catch up with what NASA did. Due to the extreme difficulty and energy cost associated with leaving the gravity well of earth, rockets have to be mass manufactured, cheap vehicles. They could not be the artisanal, painstakingly handcrafted vehicles that the Saturn V vehicles were.

[@Midg-td3ty]

This is an intelligence test. Mars is not what we should focus on right now. China is smart enough to recognize that. And America will fall behind if they dont start to take it seriously. The moon is way more important than people think.

[@CarlosAM1]

My man, the artemis program's main goal is literally to go to the moon.

[@Midg-td3ty]

@@CarlosAM1 Jup we need more funding though 10x the budget scrap the rest.

[@talon9639]

What materials and resources does the moon that make it sk economically viable to make moon based there.

[@Kyplanet893]

@talon9639 i talked about that in the video lol

[@mgc7199]

Neither is the moon. Asteroids FTW!

[@GoofySillyGuy]

Lvl.1 Crook: We should colonize Mars Lvl. 100 Boss: We should colonize the Moon

[@tygical]

LOL

[@Kaleboi35291]

Imagine walking outside and saying "The earth sure looks bright today!" 😭

[@andrewwamser7075]

Imagine walking outside and seeing city lights spread across the moon.

[@Azyraasr]

Ah yes a full earth

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

​@@andrewwamser7075I would dream to see this. Knowing we made the first step.

[@Costa_countryball]

​@@andrewwamser7075 They would look amazing

[@Libertaro-i2u]

Though you wouldn't be able to walk outside on Luna as easily as on Earth.

[@KevinBurgos-gn4nb]

0:00 - Intro 1:42 - Part 1: 50 years of waiting 7:10 - Part 2: Why go back? 12:18 - Part 3: Developing space 18:09 - Part 4: Stop trying to colonize Mars 23:02 - Part 5: The second Space Race 30:31 - Part 6: Exponential Growth Amazing video bro! I've been really hyped ever since you announced it, and now that I've watched it it's amazing! We should NASA/SpaceX to watch this frfr. Even though as I've seen in some other comments, there was a little repetition here and there, there's always room for improvement, but overall, amazing video, enjoyed it to the last minute!

[@pointyorb]

kyplanet if you put these timestamps in the description we'll have chapters.

[@MyAIaskanPing]

That thumbnail goes hard

[@smoceany9478]

good pfp

[@MyAIaskanPing]

@@smoceany9478 u2

[@Flesh_Wizard]

R E T V R N Seriously though it does go hard🔥🔥🔥

[@gunnargeroy8406]

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[@gutluckbro9802]

so real

[@tytyguy1able]

I wish Neil Armstrong lived to see this recent space travel explosion. He lived long enough to watch the shuttle get decomissioned.

[@Vineor]

As a euro having family in the US that's brutal to hear, not a fan of the states but man you can't but feel for Neil seeing that happen.

[@shgoopy4615]

KSP profile pic based

[@Confy__]

Finally someone put into words how I feel. Humanity lost their ambition, and that truly was a terrible mistake. I like to think if we didn’t lose that ambition we’d definitely already have a permanent base on the moon, maybe even slowly started to colonize it.

[@ٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴۥ]

you must be 14 or something lol. so simple to romanticize things you cannot even fathom.

[@idkpost7331]

Nah. The soviet's fueled the space race, no one would have went on the moon unless a state built on workers and working together decided they wanted to work to going to space. The US saw this and the competition led them to the moon. The soviet's opened the door to space exploration, nothing ever gets done anymore because competition only gets people to do just enough for the sake of making lots of money. For example, a company creating a life lasting lightbulb would gut profits because these customers would have to go back every 3 years to buy another one, so electronic companies created a cartel to artificially lower the quality of them. There's a lot more to it but the main reason is capitalism doesn't really spark innovation.

[@anbon4985]

i wish that some of my peers would care about space travel as much as they care about football

[@masonsarchivedchannel]

same

[@k4rli_475]

truth preach from

[@k4rli_475]

fr sry

[@constantinethecataphract5949]

That's what seperates actual humans from NPC's who are content with bread and circuses with no higher ambition in their lives or drive.

[@despectablebosshandlemantle]

In the name of a saint aluminum oxides you are right brother, as a straight rubie laser beam.

[@brovid-19]

The only thing that needs to be done on the moon is a theme park... with black jack.. and hoookers... in fact, forget the theme park.

[@MrJack556]

I'm %40 black jack

[@brovid-19]

@@MrJack556 how the hell did you calculate one of your parents was 60% white? Also, my name isn't Jack.

[@MrJack556]

@@brovid-19 it's a Futurama reference

[@ReverseBasin]

So.... is it made outta cheese?

[@MyAIaskanPing]

We would know if Wisconsin planned their own missions to the moon

[@PlanetGuy901]

Ofc it isn’t made out of cheese! It is made out of rock! People need to stop thinking the moon is made of cheese! This is not true and needs to stop being said!

[@ReverseBasin]

​@@PlanetGuy901 I'm joking...

[@nikolazivkovic4880]

​@@PlanetGuy901 how would you know? I don't see you on the Moon 😤😤😤

[@DeltaHydrixian]

Idk man, I think its swiss

[@doctorrobert1339]

Now if only NASA got as much money as the military murder machine gets every year!

[@coolman3074]

Facts.

[@halfpace1462]

if only...

[@cherriberri8373]

Or even, just half. A quarter. But I'm sure it's much more important to maintain and fill hundreds and hundreds of foreign military bases with thousands and thousands of able bodied, ambitious people. For sure.

[@downwindfish1]

If NASA had the military’s budget we’d have a Dyson Sphere by now

[@constantinethecataphract5949]

​@@cherriberri8373 The more you build the more money you spent to maintain it. Those 13 Aircraft carriers, millitary bases and airforce bases. Those stealth bombers and fighter jets. Every single one of those are gigantic money pits.

[@dylanhecker6686]

Imagine the megastructures we could build on the moon! Low gravity and no wind will make it an engineering sandbox.

[@Azyraasr]

It would actually be possible to make a space elevator on the moon

[@death_parade]

Yeah. But the dust there is a massive pain to deal with. No atmosphere means no weathering. Sharp morphology of the dust grains.

[@mrsuarez430]

Absolutely! ​@@death_parade

[@omarbaba9892]

2500: the moon has rebelled against earth and has declared independence😂

[@BigGuyLev]

That would be actually such a cool sci-fi book material

[@ilyasahmed2929]

​@@BigGuyLevLiterally the expanse. Except with mars instead

[@rodrigs9976]

Gundam story right there lmao

[@Euclidiuss]

​@@BigGuyLev IT LITERALLY IS. It's called "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert A. Heinlein. The guy who wrote Starship Troopers and Stranger in a Strange Land.

[@flowey3956]

@@ilyasahmed2929 great series

[@macame_]

9:00 That's the deltav map for the real solar system mod in ksp! I didn't expect to see it here, well i can confirm that launching big payloads to low earth orbit is a pain, especially in the early game. Very good video :)

[@datmufn]

You sure can give one hell of a presentation. This simultaneously has me wary of the way our space industry is running and optimistic about the future the industry entails

[@Purplebruh]

Binging all your videos rn, this is definitely one of the better ones, maybe cause of its length. It really is a shame there arent that many good space youtubers out there.

[@VenatorPaleo]

Get this man a Ted Talk now

[@BVB12662]

Ridddle has copied your video

[@chsgrate5362]

Which one?

[@dennisdensing7152]

​@@chsgrate5362probably this one

[@Azyraasr]

Riddle me this riddle did you copy this one

[@Red_demon-hv7si]

They copy everything this gigachad does and have 1m subs, sometimes i hate money hungery, uncreative , selfish , felling non guilty , idiotic , menaces to society

[@mymom1462]

can't wait to immerse myself in pro space propaganda

[@antonnym214]

I subscribed. Good reporting, and I like your graphics. You have the moon rotating and that's a nice touch. I agree we need colonies on the moon because it's a great place to learn how to live in space. And Earth is near in case of problems. Shackleton crater and possibly other places on the lunar south pole will be super-important, especially if it has water ice, like we think it does. exciting times ahead. All good wishes.

[@hardlineamerican8495]

I'm writing this before the video premiers, but I wonder if any of the points brought up by Kelly and Zach Wienersmith in "A City on Mars" will be brought up. Theres a lot to be gained by colonizing the moon, but there's so many challenges to overcome, and it would take so long for gains to be made, that settlement may take centuries to really get started.

[@jevinliu4658]

What do you think now?

[@monkeyman8733]

such as cancer

[@Max-nt5zs]

This channel is such a gem. Glad to be part of your ‘blow up’!

[@Wifgargfhaurh]

It's absolutely idiotic that people think we can colonize Mars before we colonize the Moon. We absolutely should do this first as a bit of a test run, it's still space but at least it's not as far away as Mars if something goes wrong.

[@connorbrown4924]

True. Mars may have an atmosphere, but it takes 7 fucking months (5 months once in a long while). The Moon takes like a few days, and there's immediate connection from Earth with 3 seconds, but 20 minutes on Mars. Mars also has deadly dust, while Moon has no atmosphere and no deadly dust. We can wear a spacesuit with an oxygen mask on the Moon.

[@JustARegularGuy1000]

I’ve never been more hyped for a KZbin video!

[@thedude4795]

What if we have a lunar colony and Earth tries 2 impose bulshit taxes on the colony then the colonists Rebel and declare a new Republic LOL

[@sodiumchloride3876]

moon aeternum 😂

[@Erastoneus45]

What will the republic will be called?

[@lenarianmelon4634]

​@@Erastoneus45Lunatic Republic

[@polyaro2504]

And then the US sends killer satellites to destroy their oxygen supplies

[@themelon_1785]

i know this is a joke, but all honesty, i dont think majority of people going to the moon want to stay more than a couple years. It's not like the americas where it's the same as europe, the moon is a desert wasteland, most people working on a hypothetical moon base would probably get moon sick and want to go back to earth to enjoy breathing, the food and all the things the moon lacks.

[@thorvaldspear]

Finally, a video that makes a clear argument for the moon's value. Isaac Arthur has his Industrialize the Moon videos, but they are too nerdy and intellectual to be convincing, as much as I do love them. This is a super valuable video and I thank you for making it.

[@thegamesforreal1673]

On a related note, I recently saw a video called "Who owns the moon?", which tried to answer that exact question. Currently, the UN Outer Space Treaty has designated the moon as shared cultural heritage of all mankind, and operations on the moon are to be executed strictly on peaceful grounds for the benefit of all... That has some problems. For example, if we were to start mining the moon for resources, who do those resources belong to? Humanity? What does that even mean in a practical sense? In reality, this treaty will likely fly out the window the moment anyone actually colonizes the moon in a way that matters, and the true answer to the question of who owns the moon is simply very similar as it is for the question of who owns land on earth: Whoever is first to lay claim to and establish a base of operations on an area of the moon, and is able to defend that base from outside actors, will own that area of the moon.

[@death_parade]

Finders Keepers will apply on the Moon with regards to resources. We already have precedents of a similar situation on Earth: The world's oceans and UNCLOS, undersea mining, Antarctica and Arctic. Won't be any different on the Moon.

[@40watt53]

God I love passionate speakers. Go be the president dude.

[@armanddupont]

Hey, french space enthusiast here. I had the same idea as you. Colonizing the moon is a must. I am currently studying in the hopes of helping my country achieve this. Isn't it weird that space is sooo nation focused? Like I would like to work for humanity, but because I'm french, I can't work for any other space companies than the ones in europe. Anyway. Sometimes I lack motivation to do anything, do you people have ideas of how one can entertain this feeling of urgency that makes people actually achieve stuff?

[@valac7820]

Ce que tu dis est triste et intéressant en même temps. Mais tu sais, historiquement les explorations qu'elles soient anciennes ou récentes sont pour une grande majorité poussé par un esprit de compétition. Il est possible que le sentiment d'urgence n'est pas forcément ce qui va permettre a une union entre des États ou a des entreprises de mieux collaborer ensemble. Personnellement, je pense que la peur de perdre un ou plusieurs avantages face a un adversaire commun est la seul raison qui puisse poussé plusieurs entités a s'unir. Un exemple moderne de ce type d'union serait toute les agences spatiales traditionnelles de chaque pays face a toute les entreprises privées spatiale. (meme si la encore cette objectif est irréaliste) Maintenant pour provoquer ce sentiment d'urgence que tu cherches, il faudra malheureusement rester sur une base de nation face a d'autre nation. "L'ennemi commun" peut changer les mentalités, même si il n'y a pas d'ennemi, il peut aussi simplement s'agir d'un compétiteur. En tout cas, tant que les humains resteront des humains, nous ne pourrons jamais avoir de réel union. (deso pour toute les fautes😅, pas le temps de me relire, j'espère que ça peut aider )

[@grapejuice5335]

Return? I haven’t even been there yet

[@HospitalarDavid]

Bro 💀💀💀

[@totallynottitan126]

Ain’t that a bitch?

[@Brick_Wall_quote_Entertainment]

me neither :(

[@SyedReyyan-bf6ll]

Bro cooked well

[@ReverseToad]

I legitimately hope that you gain way more subs that what you already have. Your channel is unique at what it does and I think that more people need to know about topics like these. Good luck and keep up the great content.

[@mgc7199]

Isaac Arthur

[@mattcvand204]

As a massive space enthusiast, I can say that this is my favourite youtube channel by far. Kyplanet is the only one who cares about genuine information, no click bait, no embellishments just the facts. If you're looking for whats really happening then you need to support this channel.

[@Blackhole-go3sx]

Hey , i just recently found your channel and i cant wait for you to blow up one day, keep doing what your doing, youll make it soon enough, these videos are great

[@MukiBlalock]

'NUF SAID! YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT 'TA MY MOUTH! OUTSTANDING JOB 👍 BROTHER!!!😂🎉❤

[@bigbomb6533]

Your mouse clicking to different parts of your notes is audible.

[@streakingclothed]

Very cool so far. keep making videos, whatever you do. You have the talent to become HUGE on KZbin. Good luck!

[@arya0794]

Maybe I didn't hear it but you forgot to mention that communications would be faster compared to a base in mars.

[@Azyraasr]

Yeah if a problem were to arise the moon would be far safer

[@pikazilla6405]

Random comment for engagement because this video is important

[@PettitFrontiers]

40 minutes of stock footage ranting about the Moon. Here for it!

[@catloverplayz3268]

Its not stock footage, it was made using Space Engine

[@PettitFrontiers]

@@catloverplayz3268 cool

[@catopotato3330]

imagine the amount of information we could learn about space and ourselves if the world was in unity and we focused on the problems we are facing as a whole and tackled them in a less radical way. i believe in your message about a mutual goal bringing us together. we could overcome any obstacles this way no matter the occasions. i mean if we have discovered so much with so little available.. instead we're living in fear of the upcoming years and the unfathomable consequences of these major events we're dreading and waiting on the inevitable it seems like. The small amount of space organizations trying to educate us about the otherworldly are doing their part of the job and i wish there were more seeking other goals like working together so we could have a more solid grasp on space and our world as a whole. truly amazing how much potential we're missing out on this way. maybebe im too much of an optimist in these sentences but i truly believe we could one day think brighter - as a collective not as contries which are in control of this messy landcape we are a part of. wish we could do it for the people as our ancestors wished. but we're guided by leaders who have other interests in mind. of course its way more complicated then we commons imahgine bur i truly believe the future is peaceful and we seek unity instead of fear and dissoray. one day we'll find this to be the true way of being and we'll progress way further but until then we'll just dream of this being a reality theatened by the tension. those were my two cents on the topic let me know if im wrong but i truly wish for a better future one where no wars are fought and we actually put our differences aside for the development of humanity not it's race to destruction

[@catopotato3330]

sorry for any grammatical errors or far stretches that may have occurred in my previous comment. im a bit woozy off liquor. but ive watched this video 2-3 times now and i had no other choice but to voice out my frustrations and beliefs. of course the world landscape is way more complicated and so these goals may seem unachievable at first. but we've seen the impossible be done before and so im optimistic that anything is possible especially nowadays with the advancements we've made thus far as a world nation. if we focus on advancing and facing our problems more efficiently we're destined for better more peaceful solutions. the history of the human race is one to learn from and we're in a time in which we could break the cycle and be taught from. our past mistakes and not to be repeat but taught from. We've advanced ourselves way further than ever and have unimaginable achievements. so to be making the same mistakes would of course be sich set back for our future selves and the buman race as a whole. we'll not do anything differently if we just destroy ourselves with more high tech. instead we could work together and seek betterment. none of the issues we're facing like war hunger injustice will ever be resolved and humanity will most certainly succome to its end of growth and development if we continue this way. we've come a long way and have stepped in a new age where cooperation is key. competition will always be the key to advancements but it would be way more effective if we were willing to work together not fight each other. and it's shocking that we're disregarding these obvious flauds and are living in the past still.

[@HistoryOnPaper]

I don’t want to colonise mars i just want to see people land on it, piss on it, say this place looks like shit, enjoy the sunset, wait a year and then leave and maybe drop off some human stuff while they’re there and then they can return to the moon colony and watch whatever Netflix will have by then.

[@uncommon_name9337]

Time and money wasted on pointless wars instead of reaching the stars.

[@lomm__]

do you think we can negotiate with the moon nazis?

[@michaelchance6125]

Ah, a man of culture.

[@stachman9531]

only if your German or any form of aryan

[@brovid-19]

@@lomm__ everyone knows the moon is populated by moon bears. Probably a lot of them considering the moon has infinity dimensions.

[@cewla3348]

@@stachman9531 ah, what are you saying? that the nazi's objectively wrong ideology [read: extremely, overtly racist] ideology was correct in the core tenants [some races are better than all others]? because, otherwise, why would they being aryan matter? you can't distinguish someone with heavy clothing and contacts from anyone else, so why would it matter?

[@stachman9531]

@@cewla3348 no they would not want to negotiate if your not what they like, silly boy.

[@urphakeandgey6308]

I'm glad someone else shares my opinion on this. I was never as outspoken or well spoken as you, but skipping the moon and going straight to Mars always seemed very questionable to me. Then when I became more familiar with O'Neil Cylinders, colonizing planets at all came into question.

[@SpartanNat]

Gene Cernan’s words absolutely make my hair stand up. I wish he was alive to have at least seen Artemis I. But at least the 2nd and 2nd to last people on the Moon got to see it. Hopefully both will live to see Artemis II.

[@moongamersa1235]

Amazing video, I have never seen all of this information wrapped together so well in one video!

[@greentoad-g8k]

I also like the idea of space colonisation, but given the reasons for the initial thing, I can very well see why we won't return. Like we no longer build pyramids, 500-years-to-build cathedrals, even record-breaking skyscrapers are now a thing of the past it seems. Things go short-term utilitarian, not prestige-driven or long-term utilitarian and there is no short-term utility in space colonisation, there is not enough investment even in our own Earth infrastructure, people fiercly debate every other penny spent on climate change and so on. I would guess the only ones who have a shot at the Moon colonisation are China or Gulf monarchies just to show off. But given that China has economic slowdown and Gulf monarchies abandoned their 1km skyscrapers some time ago - even that is not a given

[@rauladdams5709]

Too much truth in there. Sadly.

[@Mepharias]

Record breaking skyscrapers are definitely being built lol. Egypt.

[@occamschainsaw3450]

Then simply make long-term projects more short-term. With current heavy machinery we can build that 500-years-to-build cathedral in like 20 years. We just don't since why on earth would you even build a cathedral to begin with, that's just a pointless waste of resources. But space exploration isn't. And there are ways to make it cheaper and faster. We already have reusable rockets that cut the cost of moving stuff to space significantly, a thing we didn't have during the last space race.

[@greentoad-g8k]

@@occamschainsaw3450 cathedral is a prestige-driven project like the initial space race and curret versions of those cathedrals - 1km skyscrapers, artificial islands, The Line and so on. HS2 or climaye change on the other hand are long-term utilitarian - and they are not doing any better

[@occamschainsaw3450]

@@greentoad-g8k Only that space-exploration is not a prestige project, not long-term anyway. There’s gold in them hills, you just have to grab it. The cathedrals weren’t prestige projects either, just look at church donations at the time - it was simply a matter of business. However right now a cathedral is just a big stadium where no one plays football, which is a waste of resources to say the least

[@Cjkcallum]

This is genuinely one of the best videos I’ve seen on KZbin please keep it up one day I’m sure you’ll have well over a million subs

[@Alfredo12]

If the return to the Moon goes well, technically the future seen in the Ad Astra movie where there are mining bases and factories on the Moon, will be real.

[@brenden2255]

I bet you’re going to like watching your KZbin analytics over the next few months lol! Great work bro keep it up you definitely gonna have a million subs by this time next year! Keep grinding

[@Himmel23]

"The Moon is a door to forever" - exurb1a

[@MrJack556]

I see you're a man culture as well

[@MukiBlalock]

It's smart though to think "oh yeah we're just going to the moon before we go to Mars!" and then build a 🌕 moon colony!😂😂😂❤🎉

[@manachromeYT]

It should go like moon Venus cloud cities Mercury mining operations mars domes. Prefered colonization order. Personally if we want out to the stars light sales are our best bets although it still takes 2 decades between systems. Hopefully someday lifespans will be long enough without the need for generational ships.

[@tonytaskforce3465]

Who's going to pay for this fantasy? Why should they?

[@manachromeYT]

@@tonytaskforce3465 if people don't expand out than it leaves us vulnerable to being whipped out. Expanding removes this issue. Also isn't rocking getting cheeper and energy is getting more available? Lightsales might seem expensive right now but in a century there going to be affordable. And you could say that about the iss which costed over 100 billion even back then. A simple sheltered crater on the moon or mercury would be far cheeper. Venus would be more expensive but still doable with our technology. Mars isn't and likely isn't feasible currently as compared to the hundred's of billions on Venus imagin trillions for mars currently.

[@Apature-Science]

@@tonytaskforce3465 hopefully the various space organizations and companies for the good of humanity

[@deshrektives]

@@tonytaskforce3465 Answer to first question: You. Answer to second question: Because it will cost a fraction of the tax dollars that the pointless wars you’re already paying for cost.

[@rauladdams5709]

I've always thought that free return Venus missions would be the next logical step forward. Further than the Moon, closer than Mars. Test the tech for a bitch-kitty mission to Mars.

[@MukiBlalock]

They just need to start dumping inflatable modules to start off on the surface of the moon! Also we need to send engineers/scouts to analyze the surroundings.

[@Pelliq_E]

Will we get a Kyplanet discord server?

[@DeltaHydrixian]

There is a discord server, the link is deep in the community tab

[@rauladdams5709]

Always was...

[@balazsjakabffy2556]

In the bit about space warfare you say shooting down nuclear detection satellites will leave the detecting side hampered but having your nuclear detection satellites shot down is a pretty strong indication that the opponent is up to something and may warrant a nuclear launch so I don't think is a particularly clever move.

[@damianmhopefully]

So we need to go to the moon and colonize it to make more colonizing easier. The argument for moon-based solar energy is interesting. Solar energy conversion rates aside, how exactly would the energy reach the earth if it were to benefit us? Wireless charging/energy transfer technology hasn't reached the point yet where you could connect and relay even gWs of energy across short distances without wires. Ig you might have to transport energy cells charged with the solar, but then that kinda defeats the purpose.

[@Kyplanet893]

the most common way people say to do this is beam the energy down as microwaves

[@jasonlaug]

Great video, I agree completely. The moon is a destination, not just a stepping stone to Mars. Developing the moon will fundamentally transform humanity

[@nOpiEcEo-c4x]

Sun better

[@cavetroll666]

thanks for the video cheers from canada.

[@DrHotelMario]

The moon is the greatest gift we've ever been given.

[@whoisjoe5610]

EXCEPT ITS FAKE!!!!!!

[@grady631]

Has bro never seen the moon phases or the lighting on the craters?​@@whoisjoe5610

[@k4rli_475]

the king in the mountain

[@dynastylobster8957]

"never before has any country in history be so single-mindedly focused on a project like this", i have some very unfortunate news about the 1940s

[@et2124]

Blindly optimistic Still enjoyed the video though:)

[@nOpiEcEo-c4x]

Fr you can’t colonize the moon Sun better

[@Libertaro-i2u]

The two ingredients most important in lunar colonization? Money and momentum. The lack of money and the slow momentum are the main reasons why we have no lunar research stations yet. It's also probably the main reason we haven't got seasteads or 1-2 km tall skyscrapers yet.

[@aguspuig6615]

hard to imagine after a couple decades of making ''colonise'' the most taboo word

[@MehrunesKar]

Colonisation not for resources, but for education and training ground. But there is also a risk of using it as a staging ground for military equipment to block other countries to pursue their space missions, which is a terrifying and, sadly, possible scenario.

[@Neptoons-]

More people really need to see videos like this, more people need to have this kind of hope

[@nukem1839]

Thank you for making this video, it convinced me after balancing on a knife edge of where we should colonize first. It’s very inspiring. Thank you.

[@Bash-245]

We need to use it as an orbital shipyard. Build the big ships up there where less fuel is required. Therefore less lift. Big ships in scifi dont land on planets do they... they shuttle down.

[@constantinethecataphract5949]

We can make them nuclear aswell

[@Hamdad]

Agreed on all points, good to see more people saying this.

[@ernstaugustin3392]

The moon has mountains ? Wow ngl i never knew that

[@Flesh_Wizard]

Moontains

[@PA-1000]

Thanks to asteroid craters.

[@Libertaro-i2u]

All rocky objects in our solar system have mountains.

[@Haiforse]

When I clicked on this video I was not expecting one of the most compelling arguments/video essays I’ve ever seen in my life. I agree with everything you’re saying but never would have been able to formulate such an interconnected and cinematic video that was continually engaging for the better part of an hour. Now I have to watch every other video on your channel smh 😐

[@chinchillaruby4170]

Oppressed groups (gamers) are once again speaking up

[@reshi606]

Great video bbg, been enjoying your content more than I thought given I'm not that into space. Never knew the Moon was such a big deal and it's all quite exciting to think about.

[@playerioik6101]

I was having that conversation with some friends and for me, the order could be: Moon (to gather money) and try stuff like domes to experiment with creating an atmosphere. or skyhook structures. Mars 1 (to create domes with atmosphere Venus (for nitrogen and CO2 to Mars and mining resources) needs a big mirror Mars 2 (to put a bigger colony) Jupiter's moon (Europa) for water The order depends on the timing, but if done right you could colonize Mars, first, and then a few centuries you can colonize Venus getting the water from Europa.

[@Kyplanet893]

europa isn’t a good place to get water, it’s right in the middle of jupiter’s radiation belts and the surface is radioactive enough to kill you in a few days Ceres and Callisto have a ton of water and much less radiation, which make both of them much better targets (callisto even has more water than europa)

[@deshrektives]

The future of human history may prove me wrong on this, but I assume that the tech level required to regularly move significant amounts of water from Europa to Earth would confer the ability to synthesize it from other compounds we already have lying around here at home. Also, pretty sure the radiation level on Europa’s surface is enough to kill you in one day, even without the fact that one day on Europa is three here on Earth :p

[@back2damoon]

thank god for a 40 minute kyplanet video this will be a great watch :D

[@kingdonut8272]

Well itd be pretty cool

[@gracielachavez2819]

This video did a complete 180 from me thinking the moon was just another floating rock from the dozens of other floating rocks in the solar system to wanting to terraform the moon, building a city on it, and forming the next generation on the moon😂. I hope this video blows up in the space community and I 100% agree with everything in this video

[@ozymandiascakehole3586]

I admire your optimism but I don't think our broken system here can be fixed by "more capitalism but in space". The problem we seem to have is that we have a ruling class that seems hell bent on destroying everything and everyone around them for their own monetary gain. Giving them more resources to extract isn't going to fix the issue. I mean that I don't see how a gold miner, living under the rule of some US funded militia in Mali, making 15 cents a day, is going to benefit from this. Or even a middle class person from the US. I don't think ceo billionaires like Elon will all of a sudden see the errors of their ways, and will all of a sudden share and start to love paying taxes just because they are getting resources from space. Though I admit it would be cool to see on youtube.

[@happysquirtle466]

this is the ultimate answer to every space related video that entertains the idea of humanity advancing to other worlds. our limitation is not a physical/technological one, but a societal one. before thinking about expanding the human race and moving outward, we need to look inward first and pretty much change all of our beliefs as we know them. humanity is far from united and this should be the primary goal to achieve before thinking about a pseudo-united humanity in space. sadly, despite how far globalization has come today, a lot of people are returning to more tribal ways of thinking, keeping nations separated at all cost and avoid homogenization of the human race. that in itself is a big reason as to why we're currently not cut out for these kinds of endeavors yet, alongside the reason you pointed out of course, the abolishment of capitalism and an even distribution of wealth among all citizens of this planet.

[@chickentoucher55]

What is wrong with ambition? What is wrong with exploiting resources? What is wrong with monetary gain? No matter what economic system we have theirs always going to be a “ruling class” and I think a class based on who provides the most to the public and who provides the most value is the best system, what do you want a hand picked state oligarchy? A ruling class based on bloodline or one (if it’s not corrupted) based on how much they have provided to society, hierarchy is inevitable

[@chickentoucher55]

Your sound so cliche, you obviously haven’t though very in-depth you think you’ve figured something out but you just like everything that the modern zeitgeist parrots, postmodernist specifically post structural ideas on power and grand narratives

[@chickentoucher55]

@@happysquirtle466you can’t unite humanity, sorry the boomers have been telling this sentiment for 60 years, it doesn’t fit with are evolutionary brain on why unity exists as a thing, it’s not something inherent, it only exists if it’s advantageous to the in-group and guess what for that you need to an out-group, so unless we have some spiritual enemy as a unified grand narrative, or an actual out-group like a different alien species we’re not going to unite for no reason

[@chickentoucher55]

@@happysquirtle466and in a heavily post-structural society that ideal has Become a lot harder, because the ideology is agaisnt any grand narratives and says everything is about power, this is what most people take as just true not realising this idea wasn’t normals before the 1960s cultural shift, anyway a good example of this unity thing is during something like ww2 or 9/11 when the US had a clearly defined out-group they had unity and a feeling of mutual respect and belonging, and when that out-group disappears they have just created them domestically, and this is why it can’t happen internationally as much as I’d love it to be so

[@kamartaylor2902]

Kyplanet. Love your videos. You're a really smart kid.

[@thetravelingmerchant1]

If going to moon brings benefits people will go there on there own. The moon is 10 times more inhospitable and empty as the Gobi or Sahara desert, and has no reason to be colonized. There is a reason remote places like the Amazon rainforest, Antarctica, Sahara desert, or Siberian Tundra aren't fought over or cared about in history, they provide nothing and have no economic value in any way and are miserable to live in. Yes, the moon is easier to launch rockets from, but you have to build an entire industrial complex to be able to launch rockets from the moon, and to where? Space is a barren wasteland, just because asteroids have minerals doesn't make them special. The most expensive places are always the most isolated, because of the cost of transportation, what makes you think space will be any different? The production cost of anything on the moon will be extremely high for 99% of goods, and thus most goods will need to be shipped from Earth, which will be extremely expensive. This isn't a new America, there are no trees to cut, plains to farm, air to breathe, people to exploit, or animals to hunt. It is a barren wasteland that will have a miserable population who are unable to touch grass or even go for a walk, who's bones will deteriorate from the low gravity. Lord only can guess what the suicide rate there will be. If colonization in space was viable private individuals and organizations would be going there because is would be a net economic benefit.

[@bo2_435]

This I think the most general criticism could be condensed to 'if a tangible benefit can be extracted from something by the means available, it will be' Clearly, we have the means available to build bases on the moon, yet no bases are being buit Only logical conclusion then, is there is no benefit to be gained from it at this point in time

[@griefer5846]

using the moon for energy and mining raw materials is the only good reason i see, we shouldn’t colonise it. At the same time with the whole rocket launching basis, it won’t be like a proper industrial complex as the launching would be easy and cheaper.

[@MajorTomFisher]

I'm not entirely sure that solar panels will ever overtake nuclear fusion as a viable option for large-scale energy production even if they're put in space. For running things that need to be portable and small like satellites, sure, but it seems like transmitting the energy back to Earth would cause some major problems. You lose a lot of efficiency whenever you convert energy into a different form and you also lose quite a bit trying to transfer it anywhere. I'm also of the belief that the ambition of competition is required for human development (as the space race perfectly demonstrates) and I think nation states of the future would have big problems with putting massive shades or giant stores of energy above their state.

[@notgreg123]

LET HIM COOK 🔥🔥🔥

[@jacku6193]

Such a well made video, keep the good work up!

[@OSC-member]

Wow, they listened to you lol

[@paranormaldoctor5451]

what do you mean?

[@fennikk2433]

Who?

[@MindsOfMany]

whenever i hear someone talking about mars in school there are only 2 outcomes 1. they have no idea how rockets work 2. dont realize how barren mars is compared to the moon

[@Azyraasr]

Well relatively speaking mars and the moon are equally barren

[@gunnargeroy8406]

Is it just me or should we already have colonized the moon??

[@jammasound]

You can do both. You are right about the economics of the Moon, but its important to start colonies on Mars ASAP for political and "land rights" reasons. The colonies don't have to be huge at first, just small outposts. People are going to do them whether its economical or not, there's plenty of science to be done. (For example to study the feasibility of farming, the use of whatever resources are available, long distance logistics, etc.)

[@lukegreen2493]

exciting

[@MacNCheesin]

I love your channel!!

[@noelbroom9497]

What opportunities could exist on Mercury?

[@omarbaba9892]

lol a huge planet wide strip mine

[@SpahGaming]

Nothing. It's the hardest place in the entire solar system to get to

[@Flesh_Wizard]

Phosphorus apparently

[@40watt53]

Mercury's good for a Type II, but a big hunk of just metal is pretty useless for the foreseeable future.

[@visionentertainment8006]

Mining

[@TheColspace]

Agree. More nations should also enter the race, increase competition/collaboration.