• Question: What infrastructure, systems and technology would we need on the moon if we wanted to establish a colony there?

    Asked by ogoldfinch09 to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 16 Mar 2012.
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      Sean Murphy answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      Good question. We would need the basics like energy, food, water and shelter. Energy could be generated using solar power or nuclear fusion. Food and water would either need to be transported (very expensive) or some how generated using the energy generated. This would require large greenhouses and water generators. The shelter would have to protect the occupants from harmful cosmic radiation. Can you think of anything else?

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    peten commented on :

    there is supposedly water ice in craters on the moons south pole. There might be enough to use, but I don’t know…

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    ogoldfinch09 commented on :

    We would need a way of recycling the carbon dioxide we release back into oxygen or at least a method of disposing with the CO2 and generating oxygen as it would be to problematic transporting it from Earth. It would also be unrealistic if everyone had to float around in astronaut gear but I’ve only seen artificial gravity in Halo(the game) and the moons atmosphere or lack of it would have to be seperated from the buildings own air.

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    ogoldfinch09 commented on :

    Transforming the ice into a sufficient amount of water could be problematic but the water would be recyclable, we may have to look out for harmful substances within the water as well. Using heat to melt the water could use up valuable oxygen but water is an essential for a colony

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    peten commented on :

    we could split water into hydogen and oxygen to power our rockets, or use the hydrogen for fusion power and oxygen to breath.