Terraforming on the moon?

Do you think that the Earth's moon can be made habitable to sustain human life? Is it scientifically possible? Personally, I think we can terraform the moon, but it will take hundreds of years to get the right technology to terraform. But I also want to hear your say on whether we can make the moon habitable and your reasons why.

If mars can only barely hold an atmoshpere then i would doubt that the movie ever can. At best maybe humans can dig into the moon to create some protection from meteors and cosmic rays.Kurushio

The moon is too small to hold onto an atmosphere. Even if it could, it has no magnetic field so you'd still be exposed to the more dangerous phenomena of space and the sun.

The moon is too small to hold onto an atmosphere. Even if it could, it has no magnetic field so you'd still be exposed to the more dangerous phenomena of space and the sun.

br0kenrabbit

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The moon is too small to hold onto an atmosphere. Even if it could, it has no magnetic field so you'd still be exposed to the more dangerous phenomena of space and the sun.

MuddVader

Even if you could generate an atmosphere on the moon, the moon doesn't have enough gravity to hold on to it. The solar wind would take it right off.

I don't the the moon has enough gravity to have an atmosphere that could support life (or at least life as it is on earth). If you want to talk about mars, that is a completely different story. There are scientist who say if you could melt the ice in the polar regons, that you could have a atmosphere suitable for life very soon. They say that in a matter of 3000 years, it could support human life.

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The moon is too small to hold onto an atmosphere. Even if it could, it has no magnetic field so you'd still be exposed to the more dangerous phenomena of space and the sun.

br0kenrabbit

Even if you could generate an atmosphere on the moon, the moon doesn't have enough gravity to hold on to it. The solar wind would take it right off.

I don't the the moon has enough gravity to have an atmosphere that could support life (or at least life as it is on earth). If you want to talk about mars, that is a completely different story. There are scientist who say if you could melt the ice in the polar regons, that you could have a atmosphere suitable for life very soon. They say that in a matter of 3000 years, it could support human life.

Jacobistheman

The moon does not have enough gravity to hold an atmosphere for very long. And I read somewhere that the moon does have an atmosphere but its only like 5 feet thick. So if you stand up you die.

Our future as human beings has unlimited potential, so I will say that yes, in some point in time in the future it will be possible

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I don't the the moon has enough gravity to have an atmosphere that could support life (or at least life as it is on earth). If you want to talk about mars, that is a completely different story. There are scientist who say if you could melt the ice in the polar regons, that you could have a atmosphere suitable for life very soon. They say that in a matter of 3000 years, it could support human life.

enterawesome

I don't the the moon has enough gravity to have an atmosphere that could support life (or at least life as it is on earth). If you want to talk about mars, that is a completely different story. There are scientist who say if you could melt the ice in the polar regons, that you could have a atmosphere suitable for life very soon. They say that in a matter of 3000 years, it could support human life.

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Duh, Total Recall already has it all figured out. We just need to find the atmosphere machine under the surface and bam, weve got an atmosphere. I know the movie takes place one mars, but I'm sure there is one in the moon too.

enterawesome

Even if you could generate an atmosphere on the moon, the moon doesn't have enough gravity to hold on to it. The solar wind would take it right off.

How many times do I have to tell you this... We should colonise mars instead.

How many times do I have to tell you this... We should colonise mars instead.

Makemap

I hate to be a pessimist, but I give us 500 years unless we act NOW.enterawesome

The moon does not have enough gravity to hold an atmosphere for very long. And I read somewhere that the moon does have an atmosphere but its only like 5 feet thick. So if you stand up you die.

SunofVich

that would be cool,but then again the moon doesnt have oxygen or water for humans to live there...

thats what they're trying to do to Mars since they found water and oxygen...

[QUOTE="enterawesome"]I hate to be a pessimist, but I give us 500 years unless we act NOW.super_mario_128

[QUOTE="super_mario_128"][QUOTE="enterawesome"]I hate to be a pessimist, but I give us 500 years unless we act NOW.MuddVader

Terraforming mars would take too long to be of any use, and I doubt it's even possible to terraform the moon.

We should instead focus our efforts on long range space travel and FTL technology in the hope of finding other earth-like planets that can support life.

This won't happen until the invasion of the Buggers is over. After that, we jack their technology and colonize mad solar systems.

[QUOTE="MuddVader"][QUOTE="super_mario_128"] How would colonizing the Moon prevent the extinction of humanity?super_mario_128

[QUOTE="MuddVader"][QUOTE="super_mario_128"] How would colonizing the Moon prevent the extinction of humanity?super_mario_128

The moon is too small to hold onto an atmosphere. Even if it could, it has no magnetic field so you'd still be exposed to the more dangerous phenomena of space and the sun.

br0kenrabbit

We would get pwned on the moon.

we might, but yea it will take many many years and be very expensive...maybe one day in the long future

There are actually two opportunites for colonization in our own solar system that I didn't see mentioned here, neither of which would require terraforming.

One is the moon Europa, which quite possibly has a liquid ocean beneath its outer layer of ice.

The other would be the upper atmosphere of Venus, which has a pressure and temperature very close to earth, and in which breathable gasses float. Floating cities could be constructed in the upper atmosphere of Venus.