What If We Terraformed The Moon?
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- Could we ever terraform the moon? Currently, the technology and resources escape us - and there are enough pressing issues on Earth as it is. Yet, becoming an interplanetary species is likely a necessity for the longterm survival of humanity. So today, we’ll explore this bold and intriguing proposal.
Sources:
How Do We Terraform Mars?
www.universetoday.com/113346/...
Planetary Engineering on Mars
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
How Do We Terraform the Moon?
www.universetoday.com/121140/....
How Long is a Day on the Moon?
www.universetoday.com/20524/h...
Atmosphere of the Moon
www.space.com/18067-moon-atmo...
How Far Away is Venus?
www.space.com/18529-distance-...
What is the Temperature of the Moon?
www.space.com/18175-moon-temp...
Lunar Renaissance Orbiter
lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/li...
Coldest Place on Earth Found-Here’s How
www.nationalgeographic.com/ne...
New Study Explains Antarctica’s Coldest Temperatures
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"How do we give a moon an atmosphere?"
"Icy comets, baby!"
Moon: "But....my weak gravity...."
Yes, and comets already frequently hit the moon, which can be attested by the vast number of craters on its surface. In addition to its weak gravity, what is really lacking on the moon is a geodynamo, to protect gases on board from being blown away by solar radiation.
The atmosphere would become part of moon gravity field and strengthening it
Just a random idea, but what if we could heat the moon's core creating a magnetic field similar to earth's to hold on to an atmosphere?
@@raydavison4288 rotating of Earth's core causes magnetic fields not temperature
@@warmonster8278 Thanks.
Top 10 Reasons Why It’s Hard For Me To Fall Asleep:
Binge watching channels like this isn’t even fun, but you still need to do it to get the answers
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Hey demons, it's me, ya boi
@@remaks3929 It isnt?
That's weird because I fell asleep to this guy's soothing voice and the calming music. And I was genuinely curious
Probably not the wisest to bombard the moon with comets/astroids. It might work in the case of Mars, but the moon is a bit too close to earth for this to be a viable option. It would eject an incredible amount of Moon Stone into space, some of which will inevitably fall on earth. Just imagine the damage that would cause...
EVERY FRIGGIN CLEFAIRY WOULD END UP EVOLVING!
mmmmm free space rock
You know the earth has a tidal lock on the moon right comets can't change that and the moons magnetic field isn't strong enough to sustain an atmosphere
@@its_shades1224 the comets can if they hit it at an angle. Spinning it can also produce a magnetosphere.
Also if we miss the moon these comets will most likely come down towards Earth. I don't think I need to explain why a several kilometer wide rubble pile of ice and rock hitting our planet is a bad thnig.
then use 10,000 smaller comets with a sum of an equivalent mass to the 100
I appreciate the amount of effort put into this video. I would have expected you to brush deeper into the subject of why the moon doesn't have an atmosphere in the first place. Specially focusing on solar winds and the magnetosphere.
Thank you
I thought it's a kurzgesagt vid but now that I'm here I'm binge watching all of your videos
The thumbnail is clickbait because it look like Kurzgesagt
same lol
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Same
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Filling my kuezegasgt thirst hahaha love the channel man keep it up. I'd love to see more space stuff.
lol same
TheSponkomat lol no it would not float off
@@peterpop2403 Okay, I'll be more precise: It would be stripped away by the solar wind, just like mars' atmosphere - and the moons, if it had any after it's formation.
@@TheSponkomat
On earth, heating air enables it to lift solid matter off of the ground and thousands of feet into the sky. Yet we're to believe a theory called gravity stops air from being sucked away by a sky vacuum called 'space' defined as an area absent of matter.
Two questions:
What are the physical characteristics of a "solar wind"?
How is a theory called gravity able to prevent a sky vacuum from sucking air but unable to prevent heated air from lifting solid matter thousands of feet high off the ground?
@@TheSponkomat same here 👍
Would love to see you guys use metric instead of imperial units! Keep in mind that the world is bigger than the US alone, make your videos understandable for the rest of the entire world!
Plus, many Americans use metric.
@@scientchahming5 that’s bullshit. I don’t know how long a meter is.
@@Mikasks he said many, not all
@@someyetiwithinternetaccess1253 still bullshit, idk anyone who knows what a meter is. More like “some” rather than “many”
@@Mikasks 3 feet give or take
“What if we terraformed the moon?”
“If we could hypothetically terraform the moon in any given way-“
“We can’t. No atmosphere”
“BUT, if we could use the mentioned solution, there’s still an issue… no atmosphere.”
And after they finally stop repeating themselves for 70% of the video, they finally talk about the “WHAT IF” parts.
All while failing to mention that all them gasses ain’t gunna stick around with the moon’s gravity/magnetics.
Then some last minute bodily harm to humans on that gravity before ending the video.
Holy, this was frustrating to watch.
I love how this adresses how low gravity might be a problem by the end but completely skips the issue that said low gravity means any atmosphere we might establish would not be stable for long with gas escaping into open space due to lack of gravity.
And no magnetic field to protect it against solar winds.
BTW ammonia is really toxic
There's so many things wrong with this video. Been liking their videos, but this has so many holes.
I'd call the channel science-adjacent. Like, cool stuff, but nope.
Escape velocity of the moon is too low to hold an atmosphere (mean particle velocity). Premise for the video is an error, you cant terraform the moon as you cant form an atmosphere...
Every upload feels like an event
For real
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It is
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Because it is
These are all fantastic videos with incredible animations, thank you so much. My only minor suggestion would be to include metric units in order to best cater for an international and scientific audience (even if just written on the graphics in brackets in addition to the imperial units). Looking forward to what this channel will upload next!
I thought it was a Kurz video from the excellent production, and when I found out it's not I was even HAPPIER. Twice the scientific exploration channels, twice the fun, twice the knowledge! Can't wait to binge!
I wouldn't be so happy: they just copy the animation and do no scientific reaserch: the moon's gravity is too low to hold atmosphere to begin with.
I was expecting him to also talk about the imminent side-effects on earth
You mean like the fact that if you spread up the rotation of the moon, it would slow down the rotation of the Earth and speed up the rate at which the moon escapes the Earth’s orbit? Yeah, this video was really not well thought out.
Yeah I was expecting the same, there will be huge side-effects on Earth after terraforming the moon. For our oceans, Earth rotation, the light during nights as the moon won't be able to reflect it as it does now.
All the nocturnal animals that rely on the moons reflective light aswell would be a pretty big one
@@himynameis3664 Would it not give chance for large seas and oceans of water to form that would still provide light reflection? It certainly wouldn't be what it is now, but it's something to consider? I wonder why we are scrambling to Mars before we have even built a moonbase from which to launch further into space with robots or humans. I may be thinking outside the box of possibilities 🤷🏽♂️
Moral of the story : do not terraform the moon
Please give units in Celsius too. Not everyone lives in USA. love from India
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Then learn ‘Merica lol
@@mikecorleone6797 😂 i would, but right now, the country's an asylum with your political correctness movements, gender pronouns, cancel culture, BLM riotings etc.. It's insane to watch the circus that US has become. And that's coming from me, an Indian, that's something.
Just recently USA became the ONLY country in the world to use imperial.
Loving this channel. Keep it up man
This channel is such a gem, so glad I finally found it!
the moon doesnt have a strong magnetic field meaning that even if you had a atmosphere the suns radiation would simply blow it away
Constructing an artificial magnetosphere on the Moon's Lagrange Points is an option though, and will become an essential component of terraforming any planet with a non-functioning core.
"Let's crash some asteroids into the moon."
"Cool! Let's do it!!!"
"Hey, that asteroid missed. Um . . . I think it's headed for . . . oh crap."
Also, "We could practice terraforming on the Moon".
Pretty sure we don't want to mess with something that is intertwined with life on Earth as we know. Breaking the tidal lock, giving it a magnetosphere, changing its reflectivity, etc. If we get it wrong on Mars that'd be a real shame. If it goes horribly wrong with the Moon? We're done for.
Comets, due to their high water content usually burn up before ether even hit.
hey guys, there's a red thingy moving toward the green thingy. i think we’re the green thingy.
I think we just find out the real reason why dinosaurs are extinct
Also, as far as I know the humanity doesn't even have the technology to divert comets, since we can't even divert those comets that are on a possible colision course with Earth.
These videos are really great with cool graphics. Great work
Amazing as always! Celsius comparisons would be useful
The use of the Imperial system is killing me...
I use both metric and imperial so don’t even start. Just go complain in the corner
Edit: It is also possible that the creator can’t translate Imperial to Metric
@@benmountaingangster Congratulations on using both but most of the people in the world uses metric...
@@AureaisChannel and a large minority uses imperial.
I know right? I hate it when US youtubers don't bother to include a metric system comparison. Do they realize that nearly everyone else in the planet uses metric? It's just so near sighted
@@josebohorquez2439 well if they can’t understand metric system then they can’t do anything. I am an American and I use the metric system. So the fact your complaining is pathetic.. temperature is confusing but at least us Americans don’t mock you for using metric.
"The Moon's atmosphere is less gassy because it has less gas."
Thank you, Prof. Einstein.
This is fun to watch. You have the same calm voice as the Kurzgesagt guy. I like it. This
video is really good
Seeing the moon alive, being able to consist life would be so beautiful. Looking up and being able to see it and go “I know life is there and thriving” being able to look up and see a beautiful home in the sky would be wonderful.
4:13 At least show Celsius please! (: Or Kelvin and i'll subtract the 0 myself.
edit: oh sorry, everyone before me has already said it. So I'll just add: amazing visuals!! Great vid.
You forgot the absolutely wrong science. Seems like 60% of people here believe this is correct
@@capitalistball2924 i see the sources being on the description; can you tell what is wrong exactly?
(Genuine question, i don't know what informations to discard from what i just watched as i assume it also has truths)
@@capitalistball2924 This is all conjecture, and he states that. What's your beef?
Though I do 100% agree on Celsius!
This imperial system is the most retrograde thing that exists! Celsius and metres, please
With the most respectful of respects:
Could you add metric measurements below your imperial ones next? I can mentally calculate km out of miles (x1.6), but the Fahrenheit-Celsius conversion kills me, I'm just like "yeah it's hot during the day lol".
Thanks :B
@john N You could also just use the metric system.
I think the formula I learned in math was dividing by 9 and multiplying by 5... But I hate long division.
@@brickbot2.038 You could also just use the metric system instead.
Like literally everyone uses the metric system, even all science in the US…
Why is this channel so good? Why did it take me this long to find you?
It isn't. It's inaccurate, the visuals are okay but not entirely visually accurate either.
It was at the end credits that I realised I am not watching a Kurzgesagt video. Lmao great stuff. Subbed.
This vid is really cool and the visuals are well produced, but I feel like this would not be a great way to go about terraforming the moon: for one, there are the potential consequences of breaking the tidal lock between the moon and earth and covering the moon's normally reflective surface and dimming it in the night sky for us on earth - and for two, without a magnetic field around it to shield it from the solar wind, the moon would be stripped of any atmosphere we could introduce, and our colonists would become riddled with cancer, not to mention the fact that I'm not sure whether the moon's gravity is capable of compressing an atmosphere to be dense enough to support life.
Still really liked the video tho! (Mostly nitpicking obviously)
valid arguments!
agreed. I'm not a scientist but it struck me as very risky to try to fundamentally change something that plays such an intrinsic part in earth's ecosystem.
Because we bombarded the moon with those iceteroïds, te moon will spin faster en so it creates an magnetic shield. The only problems are the tides on earth en the tidal lock will be broken, plus the moon will shine 3x brighter because of the water thats on the surface
I also feel like ... Okay, so you're going for the moon because it's the closest and easiest, but your plan includes leveraging the capability to grab hundreds of comets and slam them into it.
I feel like if you have that capability, the fact that the moon is closest is going to be a relatively minor tick box.
Yeah, I think we would be far better off breeding/genetically modifying organisms to survive in low pressure & low oxygen environments. And produce better suits which would allow us to survive those conditions. (So they're less bulky than standard astronaut suits). There's still questions about radiation though, so we may need to create some sort of artificial magnetosphere anyway.
Another great video!! But it would be great if you could show not only fahrenheit but also celsius :D
Yes considering in 2021 globally only 339,446,447 people use Fahrenheit whereas 7,535,519,378 use Celsius.
@@Svebderman My apologies for providing information that everyone already knew.
@@Svebderman I haven’t seen anyone asking you if someone asked either
@@Windswept7 hey I wanted to ask if someone asked you for information that everyone knew, something like the proportion between humans who use Fahrenheit and those who use Celsius, because I wanted to ask about that
@@Svebderman must be American 🤣
Commenting so the algorithm picks you up! You guys are amazing! Love the work you do.
This ending was EPIC!! I found you in a couple of days, and i love the content!!! At first i tought it was a kurzgesagt video, but then... Keep it up, your videos are great!!! Its not a problem, that you dont have 100 sciencist behind you(like kurzgesagt), only you. It gives an another feeling to the video. Like im not watching a fully scientific video. Epic!!
well the reason why you thought that is because they rip off most of their stuff from Kurzgesagt videos and other content creators.. Russians.. its how they roll.
How would you keep the atmosphere on the moon without it being stripped away by solar wind, due to the low gravity as well as the lack of a magnetic field?
We could pull in another comet every 100-200 years, or build a big balloon around it. You could also spin it up to give it a magnetosphere, or build an artificial one.
Finally someone said it!
Great addition to my collection! Just a small suggestion, can you please use metric units (beside your current one)? At least in a form of text below the imperial one. It's distracting to keep converting units in another tab while watching video and decreases focus and the watching experience altogether. Thanks and keep up the good work! :)
Not for Americans, Burmese, and Liberian
@@blitz_effect1059 about 400 million people out of 7.8 billion think about that
@@blitz_effect1059 Myanmar doesn't even have access to RUclips, and Liberia has just 5 million people, too less to even care, not even 0.1% of the population. You Americans just use the outdated system that doesn't even make sense.
@@aurexify
As an American, I agree
@@bloodlust_9890 same
This channel is in a league of its own!!!
Wow One of the best channels in it's kind. It's a Kurzgesagt feel. 😍 Keep it up
Incredible animation, and superinteresting issue. The only bad thing i can say is please use SI units (or at least show in screen the conversion). I don't understand Fº or miles.
Edit: i forgot to say, you have a new sub man :3
Great video, keep em coming!
Please add metric units
The issue with terraforming our moon is that it lacks a magnetic pole and doesn’t have enough mass for gravity to keep hold of any terraforming attempts. Solar wind and CMEs would strip the moon bare again, making that sustainable would be more troublesome than just terraforming Mars or Venus.
I was thinking the same. Maybe if they got the core spinning with explosions.
They just need a super driller and plant 5 atomic bombs and calculate how much each bomb needs to be and set them off in correct sequence. And the core will start to spin again. Like in the core.
You would have the same problem on Mars :/ This is what's make Venus is the best candidate to terraforming imo.
Please use metric
It would last about 100,000 years which gives us plenty of time to replenish it
@@gp6763 nah. Mars would very very slowly lose atmosphere. The moon would lose it in a blink of an eye. Like pouring water into a net.
i would guess, breaking 'tidal locking', with the moon, could only be detrimental to the Earth
I don't know why people calling these videos as "mistaken for Kurzgesagt". These are distinctively different. Both are equally good quality content makers I must say. Quality and distinct.
Neat! I'm skeptical that the moon could actually hold an atmosphere without it escaping into space though.
It wouldn't hold it, and the surface would be bombarded by solar radiation. Two major factors that make this feat impractical af and the video didn't even mention them.
Lol no did it mention where we would possibly attain comets to hurl at the moon and how we would even do that. Also, 100 comets exactly to somehow jump start the moons rotation sounds like complete nonsense. I normally like this channel but this video is really bad.
@@supraguy4694 It would hold it. Maybe not for geological periods, but if you can create it in the first place, replenishing it is a non issue.
But it is 1000X to enclose the Moon in a worldhouse than to Terraform it like we would Mars or Venus, Not only would it leak less air than a natural planet, but you'd need vastly less atmospheric gas, and volatiles to do the job.
Dense enough iron core. With future technology it will be possible
This channel will hit at least 5 million subs in the next 2-5 years. A more ambitious estimate is it will hit 1 million a year from now. Just wait you see folks. I'm SO GLAD to be one of the first 10,000 subs!
If I could invest in youtube channels I'd be a millionaire by now since every single educational channel I found in its early stages of youtube has all become the top channels today (Kurzgesagt, John Green, Real Engineering, Mark Rober).
On god bro
ye i am one of the first 5k i tyink
Same!
Channels like this usually get millions of subs, I’m suprised this channel didn’t got any
@@remaks3929 Its cause it just launched. First 10k gang ;)
Maybe we should try make the deserts on earth green before trying to terraform the moon. Also, where should we get 100 comets from? It isn't like we can slingshot them to the moon. I do think we can colonize the moon anyway, build facilities with its own atmosphere and using spacesuits when going outside.
Smart move
Really like the videos editing and everything is really cool, wish it talked more about the magnetic field problem though, the moon lacks a heavy metal molten core similar to a plant because the moon was most likely formed differently, that magnetic field is what really separates the ability to have life because without one even if a body had a thick atmosphere would be pounded with radiation coming from our sun, it’s one of the reason earth is habitable. Our moon is very much less dense then other moons and inner planets in our solar system, to terraform it to have prosperous biological life on the surface would probably never happen for some of these reasons and other big challenges that a planet like Mars or moon of Jupiter or even Venus may be better suited for, the moon will probably serve as just an out post for rockets and robots and maybe a few underground workers as it’s just to hostile to anything biological and to expensive and labors to attempt to make it hospitable.
Love how you just casually say "crash 100 comets into it" like its breakfast coffee
It doesn't feel the same without the Kurzgesagt Guy's voice...
I too tought this was a Kurzgesagt video and they just changed the narrator and the artists.
Every masterpiece has its cheap copy
“Mom can we have the new Kurzgesagt video”
“No we have Kurzgesagt at home”
Kurzgesagt at home:
@@cute_seal_gamer_7771 yes they don't have the same level of quality information that kurzgesagt has
@@adi05745 oh my mistake
Also with that dome on the dark side of the moon we could either reflect the light to give it a feeling of night & day!! That sounds easier then building huge engines hooked to the moon to try and get it rotating!!
I hope this channel fills our existencial void with accurate universe videos.
Less miles and Fahrenheit
More Celsius and Km like everyone else.
I really like the way you whine
Miles are fine for everyday videos, like tourism guides, but NOT for science videos.
I wish they'd do both so everyone could easily understand and those stuck on the inferior one would get used to the superior one. Metric is so much easier to work with but I'm just not use to it yet. It's not in my daily life enough
No scientific paper in the world uses that BS :ounce,mile ,etc....
I live in the US and I actually get jealous of how simple the metric system is when I have to deal with fractions of an inch or the hellscape that is my measuring spoon/cup drawer
Great video, as stunning as ever. Can already tell that this channel will go a long way!
Edit: Open up a patreon if you haven’t already. I’m sure there’d be tons of people willing to pledge a monthly amount.
Me walking around the surface of the moon with a pair of tweezers trying to catch something I can breathe.
I wish you wouldn't ignore the fact, that 95% of humanity use metric and can't use those units. Nice animation and good explanation though!
nobody gives a shit
@@justsomerandombirdwithinte5896 Only you don't give a shit and shows that you don't seem to know a lot of people.
THIS IS SOO AMAZING IT IS LIKE KURZGESAGT
But on HD
@@sparkmarky9701 and with less animation's
lol I thought same
@Edward Sturgeon less unlucky victims
Cobalt ingot
Anything is possible when you have a family
- Dominic Toretto.
I was born from a rose petal so I cant relate
The shuttle with raw flames coming out the back was hilariously accurate
Your videos are fantastic and high quality.
Can you tell me how you animate them? What software do you use?
✌🏻&❤️
Lol, I like how this doesn’t even answer what would happen to earth if the moon moves far away
In short the earth will flood.
@@jahsehverzada7958 And millions of species will die
Yeah or how destabilizing the moons orbit would either cause it to fling itself away from the earth like a slingshot or sink forward until it tears itself apart turning into a belt of small debre like Saturn's rings. The moon is in a delicate elliptical orbit which is slowly growing closer to earth over time threatening to do just that, forcing it to mess with that balance would be catastrophic
@@nickwolfe6684 the moon is moving away, not getting closer to the earth. It was, in fact, much closer to the earth very long time ago.
@@arampak I was thinking of mars and phobos though my point still stands
"Terraforming has been around since the 1940's."
Yet, still not recognized when placing it into an internet comment.
"Terraforming is still a very distant concept" Well, on the other hand, we're getting pretty good at terradeforming.
3:10 love that animated explosion hahha
This is our second kurzgesagt, now we have more videos to watch rather than waiting a month for the usual ones :)
I really like the thought experiment and the animations, keep that up it's very good
But I have some critique about it.
You can't just give the moon a thicker athmosphere. Its gravity is way too low and all the gases would flee away from its surfice again. Also can't the moon support any life since it lacks a magnetosphere, which protects life from solarwinds. These magnetospheres come about with a molten and moving iron core, which the moon does not posses.
Not to mention how it would be basically impossible to transport enough Amonia from earth to fill the whole atmosphere.
Instead of making the Moon spin faster, it would be much much easier to get some giant, directionable mirror orbitting it to reflect sunlight onto its surface.
I really hope that one day we will surpass our limitations in space exploration and colonization. Moon colonization is a very interesting concept to start with.
Using miles instead of kilometers for talking about our future technological achievements is kind of ossimorous
Nobody knows what ossimourous means brother
Been waiting all week to use that word huh
Even Google don't know
Mans speaking space language
tf is ossimorous?
This channel is underrated on a truly unacceptable level. Amazing work.
Terraforming the moon would be bad for most earth based life that uses the moonlight for different behaviours, and changing the tidal lock? madness!
If possible, could you include temperature conversions in future? I love the videos but Celsius is all I know D:
Imagine making a video about space and science but using imperial units, lol
I'm trying to imagine it, but I'm not that imaginative. Oh, wait ...
Amazing visuals and presentation! Have to thank my algorithm once more lol. Keep up the great work 😁👍🏽
I am convinced we could easily teraform Venus in the next 100-150 years.
You've forgotten about the moon's very weak magnetic field, the atmosphere would be blow away in an instant by solar winds
The animation is great the text too that remind of Kurzgesagt
But i think that would be better too not just talk in f° but also in Celsius C°
That may be interesting for other country.😉
When I heard your voice it gave me nostalgia for all the cosmic science documentaries I used to watch. For that you earned a sub,
You just earned a sub bcz i love this kind of videos just like kurzgesagt
Sorry if i typo the name
Imagine having Google maps for space tracking planets in real time
I have issues with this video.
First of all, it's my first time watching a video on this channel, and it's ... weird.
The narration is on point, the editing is incredible, the sound design is very well done; only the script lacks quite a fair bit, as some obvious questions are not mentioned such as: how long could the moon hold onto this new atmosphere? Or how would the absence of a magnetic field affect the atmosphere and life on the surface?
So i looked at the description, there's the name of two individuals, who have a specific role, as if they worked for a large media production company.
So: who the hell are you guys?
Graphics are as amazing as ever
Love your videos! As a suggestion, when saying miles, Fahrenheit, or any unit of measure in the imperial system, could you please put in the video the equivalent in the metric system? Just a suggestion!
convert it your self
03:11 damn those crash plumes were really well animated
I remember watching kurzgesagt for the first time around 3 or 4 years ago and this channel is giving me strong vibes of early kurzgesag. Keep up the great work 👍
These videos are really well made, I really hope you guys keep uploading!
Production value is great, but at least this video wasn't nearly as well researched.
Love your videos! Could I request/suggest that units like temperature are also represented in metric units so the people who don't live in the US can understand what you're referring to? Thanks!
Using the metric system for a scientific video is a must IMO.
I love the edit, the drawings, and the British accent. It's the perfect combination. I'm a FAN!
No one talks about one of the main thing we need to live in other places, that being magnetic fields, they're the one that protect us from Sun's intense radiation...
Even if you bombarded the moon with comets in order to introduce water vapor for the sake of creating an atmosphere, the moon doesn’t have the necessary mass needed to hang onto an atmosphere dense enough.
And without strong magnetosphere the atmosphere would just get blown off by the overwhelming solar wind.
And with a lower lunar mass, and the densest possible atmosphere it could hold if it had any kind of magnetic shield, liquid water just isn’t possible.
I’m pretty sure terraforming the moon is a non starter from the get go.
Captain: Let's fling the asteroids.
Everyone: Yes!!
(The asteroid missed the moon and hit Earth)
Nobody: Everyone died....
Impossible. The lack of a magnetic field around the moon would cause the solar wind to strip it away faster than one can crash asteroids to replenish it.
there's a reason why this is hypothetical
@@davenlim8217 ehm, no. This is not Hypothetical. Hypothetical means that its, at least theoretically, possible. This isnt.
Wouldn’t the moon’s gravitational pull be too weak to hold in an atmosphere
An idea to add atmosphere where there is none is not new and carries the same problem: there can’t be atmosphere here. Planets and satellites that could carry atmosphere got it through their evolution. The good question: why there is no atmosphere in the first place? Will it stay if we add gases? Comets and meteors were bombarding our moon for billions of years, yet that didn’t let it have a gaseous atmosphere. Any moon rotation adjustments will be nearly impossible or later corrected due to Earth gravity. Satellites are doomed to be tidally locked sooner or later
there is not enough gravity in moon to hold an atmosphere
The animations are really impressive, I could barely follow the video the first time watched it, I was so mesmerized by the graphics.
Clearly you guys bear some Kurzgesagt vibes, but it's refreshingly different and I love it!
I think the similarities are in the vibrant colours, the theme/subjects of discussion, and the soothing baritone and calmness in the narrator's voice, but the adoption of hand-painted art and extra vibrant music sets you apart... I wouldn't compare you to Kurz as being better nor worse... I instead see you as a twin of Kurz from an "alternate universe" doing your own thing excellently...
That said, it's nice to meet you Koranos, and I look forward to enjoying more of your content 😁💙
Kurzgesagt is massively well researched and credible - you can learn real stuff from them. This channel is a cheap cheap knock off to look the same but is absolute garbage.
@@glyphiest6762 The channel isn't up to a year old, so it's safe to say that it can't pull in resources (for extensive research and data presentation) like Kurz does. Regardless, I wouldn't call the quality of the content here cheap... unless you're saying that they are some counter-factual statements that were erroneously stated as fact (and not as an uncertain possibility) ... if there are, I'm all ears
@@glyphiest6762 oh, I see, so you're saying that there is actual false information presented then? I'd thought you were talking about a lack of more in-depth analyses in comparison to Kurz. It's not my field, but I'll try to take another look at it, and I'll appreciate links if you can provide any
"*my grandmother lives there*"
Kids in 2100
Just so everyone knows while the low gravity makes it hard for the moon to hold an atmosphere, the timescale of an atmosphere stripping away is on the tens of thousands of years scale.
Great video! Keep up the good work!
Some things that I don't think you addressed in this video:
How would we protect the exosphere from the solar wind.
Weak Gravity and Weak Magnetic Field would make it difficult to maintain a substantially dense exosphere.
THIS IS TOO UNDERATED!
You really deserve more subs.
because it's wrong and stupid
Imagine terraforming the moon just to have it finally slingshot away
There is one major flaw with all of this though (aside from the extremely low surface gravity), the moon has no magnetosphere of its own, and for most of each month it is well outside of the earth's magnetosphere as well. Meaning even if you did transfer all of these gasses, and create a 24 hour rotation period, it wouldn't really matter because the sun's solar winds would blow away all of the gas anyways (though the "normal" day night cycle would be convenient for effective solar panel use).
yeah man nobody mentions that but this is a huge problem that is unfixable. same problem is present for mars also. all the terraforming talk about moon and mars is totally fictional not hyphothetical.
@@purgedsoy9518 That is also why I believe putting a colony on Mars is a bad idea and why I believe that Venus would be the better planet for a colonization effort at our current technology level.
Honestly I think the best use for Mars would be to use it as a factory planet, a Manufactorium as it were. Have all major industrial grade production take place there, it has a low surface gravity, virtually no atmosphere, and is conveniently located right next to the asteroid belt. Meaning transportation of raw materials and the finished products would be relatively inexpensive.
@@ender_slayer3 the admech approves of your suggestion
@@comandercarnis From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me…
In all seriousness though I still think that is the best option. The overall planetary conditions along with proximity to the primary asteroid belt AND with its two abnormally large and low orbit moons (Phobos and Deimos which could be used as interplanetary slingshots) Mars would make the perfect factory world.
@@purgedsoy9518 Unfixable? Build an electromagnet around it. Boom. It's that easy. Also, spinning up the moon can also give it a magnetosphere.