Moon Colony
Authors and astronomers for a long time now have fantasied about the idea of a colony on the moon, and to be fair, who hasn’t? With all the recent advancements in space travel technology and with private companies, such as Space X, filling the void of an underfunded NASA, a moon colony seems to be on the horizon. However, there are a lot of dangers and problems that come with building a colony on the moon, so that brings the question, is it viable and safe to build a colony on the moon?
The warrant for creating a moon colony would be the wealth of economic and research opportunities it would provide the companies and the human race as a whole. Many of the useful technologies people use today hold an origin in the research and development done by NASA in the 1960’s during the height of the space race. Things such as anti-icing systems for planes, artificial limbs and prosthetics, and even LED’s used in our phones …show more content…
This is valid since currently the cost to ship something to the International Space Station is at its lowest $9,100 per pound (Mosher). That’s a lot of money for only a pound. However, Pelton provides a solution to the problem by proposing that the “smart” robots, as mentioned above, that will cut down on the cost by an enormous amount. Also, the number provided above is based on the shipping to the International Space Station, and the primary thing that is shipped to the space station is water. Thankfully, water and just about, “…80% of the materials needed to create the colony…,” are held on the moon. Which means that NASA or a private company would have to ship a lot less than it does currently. Which cuts down on the cost tremendously. Pelton projects that the colony could even be making a profit eventually. This would mean that by doing this profits could surpass the cost in the long
Authors and astronomers for a long time now have fantasied about the idea of a colony on the moon, and to be fair, who hasn’t? With all the recent advancements in space travel technology and with private companies, such as Space X, filling the void of an underfunded NASA, a moon colony seems to be on the horizon. However, there are a lot of dangers and problems that come with building a colony on the moon, so that brings the question, is it viable and safe to build a colony on the moon?
The warrant for creating a moon colony would be the wealth of economic and research opportunities it would provide the companies and the human race as a whole. Many of the useful technologies people use today hold an origin in the research and development done by NASA in the 1960’s during the height of the space race. Things such as anti-icing systems for planes, artificial limbs and prosthetics, and even LED’s used in our phones …show more content…
This is valid since currently the cost to ship something to the International Space Station is at its lowest $9,100 per pound (Mosher). That’s a lot of money for only a pound. However, Pelton provides a solution to the problem by proposing that the “smart” robots, as mentioned above, that will cut down on the cost by an enormous amount. Also, the number provided above is based on the shipping to the International Space Station, and the primary thing that is shipped to the space station is water. Thankfully, water and just about, “…80% of the materials needed to create the colony…,” are held on the moon. Which means that NASA or a private company would have to ship a lot less than it does currently. Which cuts down on the cost tremendously. Pelton projects that the colony could even be making a profit eventually. This would mean that by doing this profits could surpass the cost in the long