BF2S Forums Colonizing the Moon?

ATG wrote:

deeznutz1245 wrote:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16871258/
Interesting. We all knew it was coming in our lifetime, building structures on the Moon that is, but how far do you think it will go? Is it feasable or possible to have a small town or even a society on the Moon? That would be further in the future obviously, if at all but what do you guys think?

I'd like to nominate Bubbalo as the first official permanent resident.

Bullshit, don't nominate him!!!
Nominate Me! I want to go!  Besides, like the old black and white movie says, the moon belongs to America (its our flag on there, take that n00bs!)  Oh, and I'm not mentally handicapped, so I would actually be useful on the moon.

On topic though.  I think that as technology becomes more sophisticated we will start to see more and more of this kind of stuff, and it makes me glad.  The only problem I can see is that once we do it, everyone else will want to do it, and then everyone will start claiming territory up there cause they're dumb, and then we'll have our first space war.  With that in mind, I believe that the moon, like Antarctica, should belong to everyone.  And if not everyone, than us (like I said, its our flag on there...).  Or the moon could even be it's own sovereign nation.  If that happens I hope they say right off the bat that there's an IQ requirement... only members of MENSA can live on the moon.  Regardless, I think this development will be a great leap forward for humanity if actually gone through with.

Skorpy-chan wrote:

Somebody didn't listen in Physics classes. The Moon has a full 1/6G of gravity, so it's not weightlessness at all, merely low gravity.

And even in space you have some weight due to the fact that all masses have gravitic pull.  It doesn't change the fact that humans have evolved dealing with radically different gravitic effects.  I'm sorry if my statement wasn't exact enough for you.  Next time I'll remember that there are some people dumb enough to take statements literally no matter what the circumstance.

It will go on until something like this will happen:

"So, where are you from? You have an accent."

"Yeah, erm, I was born on the moon."

"O.O"

Waste of time, there's plenty of barren uninteresting rocks on Earth to colonise yet.

deeznutz1245 wrote:

Is it feasable or possible to have a small town or even a society on the Moon?

Feasible, possible and inevitable.

Mankind has never been able to resist new frontiers when they open up. Thank god

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I'll be the first to go to the moon if we can outlaw any and all religion.  No Christians, no Jews, no Muslims, no religion at all allowed.  Practicing religion on the moon would be a death penalty offense. 

If you can swing that, I'll give all you Earth bound mutha fuckas a big one finger salute!!!

ATG wrote:

Did you guys know there is a google moon?


If you scroll in far enough you can see the Apollo landing sites.


http://moon.google.com/

The detail when you zoom in is amazing.

ROFLMAO.

On topic, this seems rather interesting. Colonizing the moon is an eventuality, unless 2012 happens to be true.

Major_Spittle wrote:

I wonder if they would legalize cannabis on the moon.

yeah I bet everyone would want to go on moon, it would be like international water where everything is legal and where anything goes. Or they should just set all the garbage from the landfills to the moon dig a huge whole and set all of the earth garbage to moon.

Skorpy-chan wrote:

Bubbalo wrote:

The biggest restriction on time would probably be physiological, relating to the effects of weightlessness.  .

Somebody didn't listen in Physics classes. The Moon has a full 1/6G of gravity, so it's not weightlessness at all, merely low gravity.

Also, they wouldn't legalise cannabis on the moon. Burning ANYTHING would use up precious oxygen.


I predict they'll simply build the bases as geodesic domes buried under a layer of regolith (the proper term, because 'soil' means something full of life, it's not on Earth, and it's thicker than dust but not quite rock) to protect against the solar wind.
We have the technology, it's just a matter of getting the stuff up there. And from the moon, it's a short step to Mars, where we can start terraforming. (Or, for a quick and dirty approach, we can start terraforming FIRST, by repeatedly nuking the icecaps with multi-megaton warheads to get the water airborne. Yet another use for nukes, along with launching spacecraft, digging holes, damming rivers, carving harbours, dropping on people you don't like, and creating post-apocalyptic wastelands for Mel Gibson to drive around in.)

Sliver in Bub's eye, beam in your own. Gravity is only one of the physiological constraints on space travel and colonization. Human beings are pretty specifically adapted for life on this planet, and long-term removal of even non-crucial elements can have dire consequences.

And while low gravity is better than no gravity, it is still no substitute for Earth-norm.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2007-02-05 02:37:31)

Bubbalo wrote:

Skorpy-chan wrote:

Somebody didn't listen in Physics classes. The Moon has a full 1/6G of gravity, so it's not weightlessness at all, merely low gravity.

And even in space you have some weight due to the fact that all masses have gravitic pull.  It doesn't change the fact that humans have evolved dealing with radically different gravitic effects.  I'm sorry if my statement wasn't exact enough for you.  Next time I'll remember that there are some people dumb enough to take statements literally no matter what the circumstance.

But in 'Space', because the forces on you are so minute, the net force would essentially mean you are weightless.



Lets not forget what the moon's surface looks like... scarred with craters - it has no atmosphere. Even an 'asteroid' the size of a golf ball - that would usually burn up on Earth - will own any NASA structure on the moon.

Also, the earth has a magnetic field that deflects any solar radiation. The moon does not. That is rather bad for one's health.

With the reduced gravity, will the first batch of "Moon Babies" grow really tall, as there is less force restricting upward growth?

No, they will most likely be unable to move properly. In space, humans need to be continually exercising to resist the effect of weightlessness on the muscles. Weightlessness causes muscle tissue to degenerate, because it isn't getting 'worked out'. Babies and young children wouldn't be able to do alot of physical exercise, therefore their muscles would be ruined.
Mcminty.

Volatile_Squirrel wrote:

The sooner we do this, the sooner we can achieve our ultimate goal of......

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f218/ … raform.gif

Thats right, MARS TERRAFORMING!

that will take thousands of years

Last edited by herrr_smity (2007-02-05 04:36:25)

We're all dreaming. I find it difficult to believe America even landed on the moon in 1969 never mind trying to set up colonies there. We hadn't even fully developed the PC by 1969 and yet we managed to land on the moon AND make it home in one piece? I'm sceptical ....I'm not saying they didn't land on the moon but i am doubtful especially given the context of the cold war and the need to present a great victory for capitalism to the world.

Technology is much more advanced today but we're still years from anything dramatic being done on the moon. Aren't America trying to develop a weapons system that will allow them to fire their big guns from space? Or did I dream that?