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Self-Sufficient Lunar Habitat Designed
An anonymous reader writes "Cosmos Magazine reports on a design for a lunar habitat that is 90 to 95 percent self-sufficient. The proposed habitat uses a closed-loop life support system that recycles and regenerates air, water, and food, reducing the need for costly supply trips. The north pole of the moon is chosen as a location because of its access to sunlight and useful resources. About 11 astronauts could live and work in the habitat for 2 to 3 years. The project would also help the environment on Earth with recycling and other sustainable practices." The designers say it could be 20 to 30 years before such a habitat could be up and running on the moon.
Fine! I'm going to make my own moon habitat. With blackjack. And hookers. In fact, forget the whole moon habitat.
More Twoson than Cupertino
The north pole of the moon is chosen as a location because of its access to sunlight and useful resources.
Yes, and by "useful resources", they mean moon-elves.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Lower gravity => less stress on heart + other parts that tend to sag.
This news won't result in a resurgence of Pauly Shore movies.
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -Albert Einstein
After a while, all of the geeks will live on the moon, and they'll take their servers with them. Then, you will be the one with the huge latency!
Ben Hocking
Need a professional organizer?
I don't think anyone's suggesting that the moon is the first step. I would expect that the 20-30 years of funding and research would absolutely include proving the concept on Earth first. Still, the moon becomes a logical stepping stone to interplanetary colonization and terraforming.
To sum:
1) Small closed habitat on earth
2) Test habitat on Moon
3) ???
4) Profit!
Where ??? becomes:
a) Colonize Mars
b) Open Lunar Real Estate Office
c) Mine for He3
d) Perform industrial espionage of the Google lunar offices
They don't need food, and they hardly breathe.
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"The designers say it could be 20 to 30 years before such a habitat could be up and running on the moon."
That's perfect timing. That's exactly when fusion reactors should be available to power the thing.