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A friend of mine was on a project at Perdue several years ago that looked at building a moon base. They came to the conclusion that hitting the moon with kinetic impactors could create a crater large set of craters deep enough to serve as the main caverns of a new lunar base. The study, funded in part by Buzz Aldrin, came to the conclusion that this would be most cost effective as using digger bots alone will lead to breakdowns in the bots before the neccessary volume of tunnels has been reached. With this approach, you can create massive caverns at the target location and then fill the craters with prefab modules. Once the base modules are constructed and placed, you can dome the top of the cavern or just pile regolith over the top to provide shielding from radiation. Edit: found the article. www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_1ae180cf-c0eb-5a6e-9d10-7fb35143307b.html Here's the study www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=engineering.purdue.edu/AAECourses/aae450/2016/spring/docs/ProjectLegacy_FinalReport.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiIofnh_ITnAhWKW80KHUADDDoQFjABegQIBxAC&usg=AOvVaw2IpU2tIK59Fk1zlYjQL3MJ&cshid=1579069985210
we been on the Moon for over 40 years now. hence were all those TRILLIONS of DOLLARS missing have gone? into someone's account? no there are even whispers of traveling to other Systems around our solar system. they say the Russians were the First to Saturn. I mean actual men and women from Earth have been to Saturn
SciShow hostess, Caitlin Hofmeister, is fun. Have you ever seen the video presentations from Paul G. Hewitt's _Conceptual Physics_ course when he taught at the University of Hawaii? He tells great physics stories, very entertaining.
I had a statistics course lecturer who had a pleasant low pitched voice and who spoke slowly and monotonously. By the end of class I'd be one of the only students still awake
I think she's unbearably annoying. That high-pitched voice and naive enthusiasm are just impossible to keep up with for long. Lost track of how many videos I just couldn't bear to watch until the end.
Do you wish you could sound "happy" (read FAKE AF) all the time? Just speak with a smile on your face. It's literally that simple, frankly, I find it incredibly annoying.
I wonder what the ratio of polymer to recolith is. I'm no material scientist, but I guess it would at least be 1 to 10. It would still be a massive cost saving for construction though.
@@Jonas.856 If they can actually get it to work on the moon. It has a long way to go before it can prove itself over the long term. Lunar dust could be a deal breaker on any long term bases. Mars' soil isn't much better.
The Artemis program requiring humans to do things they've never done before is exactly why I'm so excited for it. First, there's the technological progress necessary for that which will give us cool things. Second is assurance from history: doing things we've never done before is something we've been doing all the time for quite a while now.
the costs for 1 SLS launch will be about 2 billion dollars..i dont think it will be re-usable..this things just a saturn v with a orange coat of paint!
The new HARP 3d printer could offer some great resources here, though the stereo lithography cooling (sorta like liquid Teflon) would be less of an advantage in a vacuum ... the high speed UV curing and sheer speed (with accuracy) of the device would be incredibly useful
This is the type of tech we were looking for. It's when scientists create tech like this that we get items that also have Earth applications as well. May not see them for a long time. But still awesome.
Electrodynamic Dust Shield, like nothing we've ever seen before. Except Robert A. Heinlein wrote about the "Window Willie" in his 1956 novel "The Door Into Summer."
So I usually listen to these videos more than watch, and I was reading the article on wikipedia about Lunar soil and pressed play on the video of the rover driving around, then I switched tabs back here to see the exact same video being played. Nice.
Future news be like - Florida man thought he was stealing a boat from a working swamp, but was too drunk and accidentally stole a lunar rover from Swamp Works!
Interestingly, they also (or at least used to) run a competition for college students to design build and test their own robots to mine regolith. Teams that build working robots are brought to KSC, and compete to mine the most regolith. Many of the features of Rassor were actually derived from these student designs.
I wonder if you could use a sort of reverse-EDS and attract a layer of dust deliberately, creating a protective layer of material that would protect equipment from debris kicked up by activity.
Compare their sandbox with the Apollo footage you showed. Absent in the sandbox is all the big rocks shown in the Apollo footage. Those guys need to watch "Gold Rush". Mining and excavating equipment has been refined for generations now. A big dozer bucket can scoop up regolith even with big rocks that wouldn't go into that scoop-wheel. Grizzly bars and grates can then sort by size.
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I think it's wrong to blame lunar dust for imperfect seals. Seals are simply a poor choice for such a mission: they're largely aquatic and move very clumsily on land. In addition, their considerable fat reserves make them prone to overheating in an environment lacking convection.
@4:45 you said we dont have to bring anything to build stuff, but then you said it combines the dust with a custom polymer... where does the polymer come from ?
Have they even tried using a backhoe? Yes, the backhoe weighs less but so does a loaded bucket. Also if it still needs more traction, just put retractable spikes on the bottom that can anchor the machine to the ground when it's not moving.
The electrodynamic dust shield sounds like it could become essential technology for trips to the Moon, and Mars as well. Dust is going to be a huge problem for anyone living on those planets long term, so the astronauts' suits and machinery need to be built to deal with it.
we need a new all purpose filter forge. there are a lot of resources on the moon and we just need to seperate them from each other so they can be refined and used in infrastructure. it will definitely need a new cooling system.
Please do a video on the Zeta Reticuli binary star system, It being only 39.3 light years from earth means that it could be a realistic location possible for humanity to visit in the future.
3d printer: does not need any materials from earth to make concrete Concrete: contains polymer Polymer: most likely some sort of organic compound Moon: has no easily available carbon source => 3d printer requires, propably, already polymerized carbon from earth.
So set to work building a shell around the entire moon by using a laser to print the dust into a structure for living in. Build it to ten stories or more and keep building it 24/7. Even haul up people to build it nonstop to process water and other useful things from the dust. Why haven’t we started doing this yet people!!
Could the EDS also be used to help contribute to radiation protection ? since a lot of the particles are charged . I thought that running some of a spacesuits or 'crafts wiring in such a way as to create a magnetic field that would help shield similar to what the earths does for us here.
If the moon dust is electrostatiicly attracted to the suits, why not ionize or apply a positive charge to the suit. then it should either repel, or prevent dust from sticking.
" ...without any material shipped from Earth" "...takes volcanic regolith and mixes it with a custom polymer" so where exactly is it getting this polymer if not shipments from Earth?
+SciShow Space : question if youd shine a rather high end handheld laser from the moon pointing at earth would you be able to see it with just the bare eye???
This is amazing it truly is... gosh to even think we could be a multiplantery species is absurd. grew up watching syfi and now all the Syfi is like no longer syfi....i freaking love it...cannnn weeee doooo it in this lifetime ?!?!?!?! Opinions?
Funny choice of words at 01:42 to say the sandbox filled with artificial lunar soil allows them to see what works in a "real world" setting. That's "real" as in "artificial", and "world" as in "lunar."
KnightsWithoutATable, probably okay, considering it’s made from mostly volcanic dust, but they’ll probably have to set up base camp in an old lava tube for more thorough protection.
Pong was released in 1972 and I believe it was the first home console game for the atari but computer space was the first arcade game and was released 1971. I just don't know if an arcade game can be considered a "commercially available video game" or not. Bit of a trick question.
Your "even though it is government" got it exactly backwards. Private companies have to keep stuff proprietary. Folks like NASA have always worked in the open with huge amounts of collaboration. It is in their very nature. That is why things like Kicad tend to come from those areas.
I love that they’ve developed an EDS to clean dust of the rovers. But at the same time they’re baffled as to why the mars rovers have experienced similar electrical cleanings on their solar panels and lasted way longer than expected. Yet no one thinks electric universe theory is real 🙄
I was 6 when we landed on the Moon. I have been hearing about returning to the moon for so long ANY claims has as much value as Tarot cards or clergy. I wanted to say less but the hyperbole brakes kicked in.
Greetings there. It's been a while since I've said hello. So howdy, Miss Bouncy Hands Bouncing your hands with every word spoken Good video. Very informative 👍
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Money should be cut from the Movie industry and put towards Science.
A friend of mine was on a project at Perdue several years ago that looked at building a moon base. They came to the conclusion that hitting the moon with kinetic impactors could create a crater large set of craters deep enough to serve as the main caverns of a new lunar base. The study, funded in part by Buzz Aldrin, came to the conclusion that this would be most cost effective as using digger bots alone will lead to breakdowns in the bots before the neccessary volume of tunnels has been reached. With this approach, you can create massive caverns at the target location and then fill the craters with prefab modules. Once the base modules are constructed and placed, you can dome the top of the cavern or just pile regolith over the top to provide shielding from radiation.
Edit: found the article.
www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_1ae180cf-c0eb-5a6e-9d10-7fb35143307b.html
Here's the study
www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=engineering.purdue.edu/AAECourses/aae450/2016/spring/docs/ProjectLegacy_FinalReport.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiIofnh_ITnAhWKW80KHUADDDoQFjABegQIBxAC&usg=AOvVaw2IpU2tIK59Fk1zlYjQL3MJ&cshid=1579069985210
Not in U.K. but I guess " Pong"
we been on the Moon for over 40 years now. hence were all those TRILLIONS of DOLLARS missing have gone? into someone's account? no there are even whispers of traveling to other Systems around our solar system. they say the Russians were the First to Saturn. I mean actual men and women from Earth have been to Saturn
What about using hempcrete. It would start a basis for moss to grow on
I think the phrase "Lunar dust is worse than glitter" may be the most terrifying I've heard.
I agree
Worse, "My EDS battery is low and the USB port is clogged". ;P
Just plain old glitter is worse than all of these things you've mentioned, including the sun dying.
lol
Glitter is the devil
I love this presenter. I wish my professors were this enthusiastic about the subjects they taught
SciShow hostess, Caitlin Hofmeister, is fun. Have you ever seen the video presentations from Paul G. Hewitt's _Conceptual Physics_ course when he taught at the University of Hawaii? He tells great physics stories, very entertaining.
I had a statistics course lecturer who had a pleasant low pitched voice and who spoke slowly and monotonously. By the end of class I'd be one of the only students still awake
I think she's unbearably annoying. That high-pitched voice and naive enthusiasm are just impossible to keep up with for long. Lost track of how many videos I just couldn't bear to watch until the end.
free spirit 1 omg! Don’t you just love her!?
Do you wish you could sound "happy" (read FAKE AF) all the time? Just speak with a smile on your face. It's literally that simple, frankly, I find it incredibly annoying.
If Someone trespasses the lab and gets detected by a security system, the alarm better be shrek saying “what are you doin in mah swamp?”
Supgamer xD
4:43 "without any materials shipped from Earth..." Where does the 'custom polymer' come from then?
I wonder what the ratio of polymer to recolith is. I'm no material scientist, but I guess it would at least be 1 to 10. It would still be a massive cost saving for construction though.
@@Jonas.856
If they can actually get it to work on the moon. It has a long way to go before it can prove itself over the long term.
Lunar dust could be a deal breaker on any long term bases. Mars' soil isn't much better.
I assume they can create the polymer from other renewable materials, probably biological waste from the astronauts, though I’m not really sure.
I'm guessing what they meant was "without any additional material shipped from earth"
@@PK1312 same thing, my question stands.
NASA is really good at announcing things.
The Artemis program requiring humans to do things they've never done before is exactly why I'm so excited for it. First, there's the technological progress necessary for that which will give us cool things. Second is assurance from history: doing things we've never done before is something we've been doing all the time for quite a while now.
the costs for 1 SLS launch will be about 2 billion dollars..i dont think it will be re-usable..this things just a saturn v with a orange coat of paint!
Storyspren an eloquent point
Swamp works? When did Shrek got his PhD?
This needs more likes!
"Sticky moon dust" sounds like a topping you can buy at my local edibles shop.
I need that dust thing for my whole house pls
I'm sure it can be had for a price. You could probably afford an army of housekeepers for that price.
I doubt it would work with normal non charged dust. Also, it makes the moon dust stop sticking to a surface, it doesn't collect the dust
Roombas work really well
The new HARP 3d printer could offer some great resources here, though the stereo lithography cooling (sorta like liquid Teflon) would be less of an advantage in a vacuum ... the high speed UV curing and sheer speed (with accuracy) of the device would be incredibly useful
This is the type of tech we were looking for. It's when scientists create tech like this that we get items that also have Earth applications as well. May not see them for a long time. But still awesome.
Electrodynamic Dust Shield, like nothing we've ever seen before.
Except Robert A. Heinlein wrote about the "Window Willie" in his 1956 novel "The Door Into Summer."
So I usually listen to these videos more than watch, and I was reading the article on wikipedia about Lunar soil and pressed play on the video of the rover driving around, then I switched tabs back here to see the exact same video being played. Nice.
Confirmed!!! Tatooine is a moon. Sand gets everywhere and sticks.
Thank you for the content,scishow! Really appreciate it.
Can I get some of that EDS stuff on the shelves at home?
Just love the enthusiasm of this host! Brings a smile to my face every single time! Keep up the good work!
i think this machine was part of the mars home design finalists
It was a different machine, but same general idea
Future news be like - Florida man thought he was stealing a boat from a working swamp, but was too drunk and accidentally stole a lunar rover from Swamp Works!
I love how animated you are on the topic Caitlin!
Interestingly, they also (or at least used to) run a competition for college students to design build and test their own robots to mine regolith. Teams that build working robots are brought to KSC, and compete to mine the most regolith. Many of the features of Rassor were actually derived from these student designs.
I wonder if you could use a sort of reverse-EDS and attract a layer of dust deliberately, creating a protective layer of material that would protect equipment from debris kicked up by activity.
Love your visible enthusiasm!
Hope we get that dust cleaner tech for commercial use.
Compare their sandbox with the Apollo footage you showed. Absent in the sandbox is all the big rocks shown in the Apollo footage. Those guys need to watch "Gold Rush". Mining and excavating equipment has been refined for generations now. A big dozer bucket can scoop up regolith even with big rocks that wouldn't go into that scoop-wheel. Grizzly bars and grates can then sort by size.
One thing NASA can do really well is acronyms. They've NAILED THAT skill for sure and RASSOR is another one to add to their list of greats.
It's a sharp one!
You know.I really miss scishow kids .when do Jesse and sweaks come back to the fort . I used to have so much fun with
them and explore 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😟😟😟😟😟😟😟😭😭😭😭😭😭😟😟😟😓😓😓😓😓
yeah I miss them too
I think it's wrong to blame lunar dust for imperfect seals. Seals are simply a poor choice for such a mission: they're largely aquatic and move very clumsily on land. In addition, their considerable fat reserves make them prone to overheating in an environment lacking convection.
Wooooooooo Moon Beam and Moon Tracks are nearer than I would have thought when I read them in September!
Making things from the planets resources? *Getting some real Astroneer vibes*
Or The Martian.
@4:45 you said we dont have to bring anything to build stuff, but then you said it combines the dust with a custom polymer... where does the polymer come from ?
now i want to know how many volts does the moon surface hold in static capacitance....lol
I've been training for this my hole life, aeiou.
Have they even tried using a backhoe? Yes, the backhoe weighs less but so does a loaded bucket. Also if it still needs more traction, just put retractable spikes on the bottom that can anchor the machine to the ground when it's not moving.
So you want to build with moon rocks?
*Cave Johnson enters the chat*
The electrodynamic dust shield sounds like it could become essential technology for trips to the Moon, and Mars as well. Dust is going to be a huge problem for anyone living on those planets long term, so the astronauts' suits and machinery need to be built to deal with it.
Pong! I brought a Pong! console in 1977. I live in New England, does that count?
I would like to see glass made from the moon sand
Pong was the first commerical video game. I played it when i was like 5-7yo
So the EDS program is Basically a week force field wonder what would happen if you could scale that up
we need a new all purpose filter forge. there are a lot of resources on the moon and we just need to seperate them from each other so they can be refined and used in infrastructure. it will definitely need a new cooling system.
Please do a video on the Zeta Reticuli binary star system, It being only 39.3 light years from earth means that it could be a realistic location possible for humanity to visit in the future.
The first game was Pong was it not? The video tennis type game
I think it's a way better idea to put a moon base in place before trying Mars. Theme park would be good....
3d printer: does not need any materials from earth to make concrete
Concrete: contains polymer
Polymer: most likely some sort of organic compound
Moon: has no easily available carbon source
=> 3d printer requires, propably, already polymerized carbon from earth.
Might recommend Grathene.
Nasa is making a "Chiral printer"!
Where is the custom polymer coming from, if not earth?
great video
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I thought Swap Works was where we tried to realize a Romulan cloaking device...
Who says they weren't named after each other. You know like Enterprise, Cell Phones (Comunicators), etc.
So how much does it weight and when do we build domes of expo reglithand monunt a seal / window on it
So set to work building a shell around the entire moon by using a laser to print the dust into a structure for living in. Build it to ten stories or more and keep building it 24/7. Even haul up people to build it nonstop to process water and other useful things from the dust. Why haven’t we started doing this yet people!!
So does the robot need material from earth or not
Pretty sure the first ever video game was Pong, wether or not it was the first commercially available is what I'm not sure of :o
I’m waiting for Lowe’s and Home Depot to have locations on the Moon and Mars, then you’ll see the regolith fly!
Two stars come together in my house every day. And I'm sorry but I'm the only one who can see them
No razer is complete without RGB
Could the EDS also be used to help contribute to radiation protection ? since a lot of the particles are charged . I thought that running some of a spacesuits or 'crafts wiring in such a way as to create a magnetic field that would help shield similar to what the earths does for us here.
If the moon dust is electrostatiicly attracted to the suits, why not ionize or apply a positive charge to the suit. then it should either repel, or prevent dust from sticking.
answer, watch 10 more seconds of the video. though i wonder about the complexity of this challenge. they already make anti-static fabrics
So basically we got force fields now.
Pong!
The first commercial videogame was Computer Space, no?
" ...without any material shipped from Earth"
"...takes volcanic regolith and mixes it with a custom polymer"
so where exactly is it getting this polymer if not shipments from Earth?
Neat!
seems pretty obvious to just charge the equipment with a like charge to repel the dust...
I wanna build a moon dust sandcastle
+SciShow Space : question if youd shine a rather high end handheld laser from the moon pointing at earth would you be able to see it with just the bare eye???
This is amazing it truly is... gosh to even think we could be a multiplantery species is absurd. grew up watching syfi and now all the Syfi is like no longer syfi....i freaking love it...cannnn weeee doooo it in this lifetime ?!?!?!?! Opinions?
Funny choice of words at 01:42 to say the sandbox filled with artificial lunar soil allows them to see what works in a "real world" setting. That's "real" as in "artificial", and "world" as in "lunar."
This is the stuff I'm in college to try to do
Good luck. It'll likely be a slug fest with some of the studies, but we wish you the best.
swampworks? uh, yeah, I sure hope it does
Eds is the beginnings of energy shields
How good is the radiation protection of the concrete?
KnightsWithoutATable, probably okay, considering it’s made from mostly volcanic dust, but they’ll probably have to set up base camp in an old lava tube for more thorough protection.
It’s good there are a lot of swamps on the moon.
In answer to the question for the competition, would it be pong? For atari
Pong was released in 1972 and I believe it was the first home console game for the atari but computer space was the first arcade game and was released 1971. I just don't know if an arcade game can be considered a "commercially available video game" or not. Bit of a trick question.
@@jackmarshall2496 maybe we both win :3
Mars LR Curiosity would accumulate dust over week months and then one day the craft was anew.
Not in the UK, so... somehow I imagine "Pong" is not actually the right answer. ;3
Where’s the aspirin
OKay, ngl, I read that as Fasthots first time around.
Sounds like they're miniaturizing Hobart's Funnies; time to give *The Tank Museum* a call.
We can be sure of one thing,Shrek wasnt there,or theyll all be kicked out of his swamp.
but Floridaman still lives in the area.
Oh, this is Dr. Phil Metzger stuff!
Pong is the correct answer
so, em-shields are getting real..
Pocket Pool🤜
Moar Caitlin please!
Beaming Down raw matterials is my more my more plosible possible already do able
Your "even though it is government" got it exactly backwards. Private companies have to keep stuff proprietary. Folks like NASA have always worked in the open with huge amounts of collaboration. It is in their very nature. That is why things like Kicad tend to come from those areas.
I love that they’ve developed an EDS to clean dust of the rovers. But at the same time they’re baffled as to why the mars rovers have experienced similar electrical cleanings on their solar panels and lasted way longer than expected. Yet no one thinks electric universe theory is real 🙄
I was 6 when we landed on the Moon. I have been hearing about returning to the moon for so long ANY claims has as much value as Tarot cards or clergy. I wanted to say less but the hyperbole brakes kicked in.
I’m guessing Zorg
Scishow space please tell them that I miss them and their comments are turned off.😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Just coat your stuff in electrically conductive materials. Dust won't stick, no power needed.
Who is deciding this weird names?
Its a homage to the skunk works team and is based at Kennedy space center, which is basically built on a swamp.
@@chadleach6009 Really?? Is that space center was build on swamp? wow
Greetings there. It's been a while since I've said hello. So howdy, Miss Bouncy Hands
Bouncing your hands with every word spoken
Good video. Very informative 👍
FORCEFIELD! ...someday
Just watch the video pong was the first commercially available video game
"Swamp Works" sounds like an institute devoted to the study of string theory...