What would it be like to live on the moon? - Alex Gendler
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You roll out of bed and leap eight meters across your underground habitat. The greywater from your sink drains into a small greenhouse where your vegetables grow. After suiting up, you head through a transport chute to inspect the generator. Outside, it’s pitch black - just as it’s been for the last 12 days. This isn’t some post-apocalyptic scenario; it’s just another day of life on the moon. And with the European Space Agency’s idea to establish a functioning "moon camp" by the 2020s, that day may be closer than we think. Of course, living on the moon won’t be easy. The camp envisioned is not so much a village as an inhabited research base similar to those in places like Antarctica. But there are far greater obstacles to living on the moon than just cold weather. The bigge...
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You roll out of bed and leap eight meters across your underground habitat. The greywater from your sink drains into a small greenhouse where your vegetables grow. After suiting up, you head through a transport chute to inspect the generator. Outside, it’s pitch black - just as it’s been for the last 12 days. This isn’t some post-apocalyptic scenario; it’s just another day of life on the moon. And with the European Space Agency’s idea to establish a functioning "moon camp" by the 2020s, that day may be closer than we think. Of course, living on the moon won’t be easy. The camp envisioned is not so much a village as an inhabited research base similar to those in places like Antarctica. But there are far greater obstacles to living on the moon than just cold weather. The bigge...
