now this is a mystery to me. you have made a good point, yet you have a Donald Trump icon.... how it can be possible? Trump not believe in global warning or in humanity... yet you look intelligent... dunno...
@@marcoflumino Trump doesn't want anyone accepting anything a young earth creationist wouldn't. YEC's accept engineering and everything it can do. However, when it proves humans are responsible for altering Earth's climate and that the Earth is more than 10000 years old, they'll say it's as wrong as they think 'liberals' are. Also, whatever draws critical thinkers away from pursuits Trump considers 'liberal causes' and towards his irrational thinking, he'll support.
I could see Elon Musk having some secret plan to do this, easily combining his business ventures into one. The boring company to mine, Tesla as transportation/energy, i.e Tesla vehicles, Tesla batteries and solar panels, finally Space-X to travel and transport materials between the earth and moon.. We live in an amazing time.
I really liked this series. It's extremely clear and interesting (as all the other video). I have some problem understanding how the laser beams would actually transmit energy to our planet. I mean the physical process is not clear to me. Keep up the good work! and thank you for these videos!
Thanks for this. Lunar solar power would use lasers to target very large PV "rectennas" on the Earth -- or microwave transmitters to target microwave rectennas. A lot of the energy would be lost in transmission!
Very good content in the whole of internet in terms of the quality and graphics, thanks sir! I am starting engineering in college next year and interested in fusion and space. This video made me very excited indeed. I hope that I can find a crazy enthusiastic physicist/engineer like myself in uni and perhaps contribute to the new era of space age that is coming fast.
Excellent! This is why I make videos. I do hope that you will develop your skills at college and help to make the new era of space a reality. Good Luck! :)
I'm going to be going to the Naval Academy I'd like to become Major in history and go more in depth in this field as well. It's absolutely captivating.
you know that moon is very important for earth? one of the obvious is that it causes high/low tide which is very important for the survival of many animals(food for human). These idiots mined the moon and cause it to go out of balance, why human nowadays do things without thinking of the consequences...but call themselves scientist/leaders who save the world. ironic and idiotic. The energy from the EARTH sea waves could produce 7x energy needed by ALL humankind and yet they look to the moon.
Good work here Mr Barnatt. Thank you very much! Time for an update on this topic (March 2021)? Although it's quite surprising that not much has changed in nearly eight years! Or so it seems . . . ????
We can start with the arrival of the Google Lunar XPrize entrants on the Moon, and sending back their HD video by the end of 2017. This may focus a few minds . . .
It may be easier to construct dome like structures like the millennium dome. Given that these structures May easily enclose larger areas allowing construction to take place inside.
The world spends (wastes) over $1.5 trillion on military spending per year- imagine all that money being directed to dealing with our existential problems on earth; also including such projects as presented here. It would become feasible overnight, carried out as a global effort to the benefit of each individual on our dying planet.
+ art m , money is a motivation exchange tool . in reality all we need is a person's time . lots of volunteer's that either volunteer their time or resources . sadly that won't happen due to the fact that most people " not all people " are to greedy with their time . now if space travel is actually real on another topic we should be careful how much weight we remove from the moon . every action has a reaction . that being said , i love technology :)
@@ExplainingTheFuture just wondering if you realise how much meaning your comment actually has . the way i look at it is , expertise is a form of time , time does not always need money in order for time to exist . the saying time well spent comes to mind . if more people would start to spend their time wisely i believe we could achieve the so called edan that people dream about and we could achieve it on this very earth that we call our mother . :)
The Shimizu Corporation wants to build a solar ring around the moon. I think its worth looking at. Its the plan that I'm most excited about that involves resource gathering from the moon.
Another amazing video. I am astonished by the beautiful animations, I cannot wait for the making of as well as the last episode of the series. I wish more governments paid more attention to the long-term longevity of mankind, not only the seemingly insignificant sort-term problems.
Thanks for this feedback. During the first space race, the United States spent about 10 percent of GDP for nearly a decade on the Apollo programme. If nothing else, this proves that very large commitments to space activity are possible. We just need to learn to do this kind of thing again, but for peaceful, less political, survival purposes.
ExplainingTheFuture Supposedly Russia has spent 51 billion USD on the Sochi Winter Olympics. I can only imagine what would happen if that money was funded into a space mining program or a space elevator project. The money spent would not have went to waste, it would be going into an extreme idea and venture for humankind unlocking doors to the vast space resources. Unlike a sporting event that could create country pride and generate minor income. Which would be outmatched by tons of precious resources and a pride for an entire human race with a space elevator.
wondertwins2222 Agreed. This has to be true. And the money spent on things like nuclear weapons could be far better directed into space travel and related activities. Humanity does not (yet) lack the resources to complete these grand initiatives -- we just choose to deploy the finite reserves of our first planet in a very short-sighted manner.
The narration runs "since 2009, NASA have confirmed the presence of water on the Moon", and this is true. In November 2008, ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 released a Moon Impact Probe probe that detected potential evidence of water. In September 2009, NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper -- aboard Chandrayaan-1 -- then detected water on the Moon's surface. NASA's LCROSS then gathered further evidence in 2009. None of these experiments were absolutely definitive, and have to be taken as collectively building up evidence. I did not say in the video that "in 2009, NASA was the first to detect (probable) water on the Moon." :) Also, note that there is no way to "correct" a UA-cam video. In the past an annotation could be added, but no longer.
@@ExplainingTheFuture onnu pods INDIA fond water in moon NASA only confirmed that observation So the NASA is not all And the US government is not good .but our Modi government is better than the US government.....
There'll never be a low cost way up there. SpaceX have made it about as cheap as it is going to get. Consider the escape velocity. It's huge. If our planet had been 25% bigger then I don't think we'd have ever gotten into orbit. I'm amazed we have managed to launch as much as we have.
Whoever did the graphics of the moon base, was heavily influenced by Gerry Anderson's the Thunderbirds. I especially like the rotating radar dish that is pointed at the side of a building.
Hopefully lunar domes made from 3D printed moon rock would provide protection from meteroids. But surface equipment, yes, may occasionally get damaged.
Added bonus: to help the economic profitability, oil companies that usually have part of their customers demand high quality lower stage rocket fuel (such as RP-1) could use the extra money to research and help fund space missions as they expand their business models to encompass fusion power as they aid their future buyers (like SpaceX). As there is already a lot of money going into oil rigs will need to be expensively refurbished. This way, more companies should be less scared of the investment. And the research can be used in other fields, such as communications and Landsat or other scientific research (because of cheaper satellite launches), the research could be also reused with commercial human spaceflight. Who knows? Maybe energy companies and space companies will become tightly linked. Solar panels have been benefitted from their research for the space program, and a wealth of other energy infrastructure.
A terrific short SCI FI story about a love story & Moon Mining, by Ian McDonald, THE FIFTH DRAGON has a surprise of teaching about Helium 3....a great read! And found as the 1st story in The Years Best Science Fiction 2015, 32nd annual collection, available in libraries!.
The best shielding for those protons is a plastic like polyethalene. Anything with a lot of hydrogen in it. I don't think it is a sensible idea to plan on bringing anything back to Earth. The moon is a source of materials for mankind in space rather than here on Earth. Helium 3 isn't that common. You wouldn't need those huge tanks. You could only sell 8 kilos a year to the Earth if you did that. That's all the market there is for it in the foreseeable future (so vast space freighters seems a bit unlikely). Solar panels are going to be a big problem on the moon. The regolith is electrically charged and will stick to the panels and block out sunlight. I don't how come it does get all the place but experience has taught us that it does make it onto astronauts visors even though it is supposed to just be on the ground and not floating around. I wouldn't be sending people to the moon. We need to aim for people in space but why do they have to be on the moon? The moon needs to be just robots because on the one hand it is low gravity and on the other hand that regolith is just a mountain of problems because of how abrasive it is and because it sticks to everything..
Another possibility for a moon base is to exploit the fact that lava tubes and caves have been located on the moon. For example, there is one in the Marius Hills region. The lava tubes would provide shielding from solar radiation and provide a more stable temperature. www.lunarpedia.org/index.php?title=Lava_Tubes
Spacecraft Construction, colossal type. Earth must have. If you want to make a colony on the moon, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Uranus.. Europe & Atlantis named Titan, a colossal spacecraft, Then there are quite a lot of scientific manifestations. Must be fast time. Not slow.
Playing the video again, I do not notice the slight distortion I mentioned earlier. Perhaps it was merely zemblanity! It sounds normal to me now. Thanks!
This is exciting stuff and I hate to rain on anyone's parade but, although we have methods to mine Helium-3, and existing tech that could transport it back to Earth, does a functioning fusion power plant design that could produce usable amounts of power from Helium-3 exist yet? The few fusion projects that I heard of either 1) consumed more energy than they produced 2) did not utilize Helium-3 in their energy making process. hope im wrong
+Silver-Bears IARIBO You are right about current fusion plants, and about the fact that we have yet to create a helium-3 fusion plant. However, they would be easier to create than fusion plants powered with tritium and deuterium (as in experiment to date), as the 'fast neutrons problem' goes away, while the 'fast protons' created could (in theory) be magnetically contained. It is all exciting as you note, though sadly all still theoretical. Though we have to dream big! :)
***** They extended the deadline by a year -- and then another -- so it now stands at a "final" December 2017. This is also likely to be definitive as they decided only to extend a second time if at least one team announced that it had signed a launch contract. And one did! :) So I think we will be hearing a lot about this in 2017. Just last week a trailer was posted for a new documentary series about the competition -- exec produced by J J Abrams (he of Star Wars fame): link here -- ua-cam.com/video/cuXxBoSYmfc/v-deo.html
We need a international law that says "No more than one child per family" or "kids with severe health or brain problems are not to be born". In this way Earth's population will be fine. We need to develop more natural ways of living instead of artificial unstable ways. Fosile fuel is the first tipe of energy we have learnt from the Fire Age and we are stuck with this. Mining is good but recycling is better. Nature have the best designs and energy management and we need to learn from this (is older than us)...
Old news Mining is going on on the Moon and has been for years, in the LROC photo of the Daedalus Crater over the far side there is a recess with a vehicle sitting there the crater is around 40Km across so the scale is very small but zoom in and it is clear to see, Comet 67P is also being mined look for the Imhotep region shots and there is clear proof of vehicles mine entrances and crane jibs, how much proof do you want. We need to start examining ALL photos from LROC and ESA in minute detail to see whats really going on. Aristarchus Crater low angle shot from LROC shows a tressle bridge carrying a pipeline at the 11 0'clock position, again the crater is around 40km across so these things look small. ITS there just look!
I have a question..God placed the Moon in the sky to give us a lesser light at night. Ok if it's a light...why do we have a dark side of the moon? Shouldn't it be light on that side too..seeing the sun has nothing to do with the brightness of it. Just wondering.
The moon base will not be built like this, or it can only be used as a temporary excessive measure. The lunar base in this situation is too unsafe, and there are too many small meteorites that can destroy it. Perhaps the people would consider building a dungeon.
If we touch the ecosystem of moon or solar system extensively that could trigger more havoc or good things - not known. Earth is abundant to serve the needy and if we regulate greedy and tap unconventional energy sources the future will be economical and not scary.
With the world in the pocket of moon mining, not sure, with no protection meteor showers it would be a risky place to place a large industrial complex.
I have a question is it that there are some deposits on the moon where we have helium 3 or it's just anywhere there is ground on the moon. Meaning is someone planning on mining the moon for helium 3 from moon do they need to first do a investigation and find out about the deposits or so to say where to mine
A very good question. As far as we know, the helium-3 on the moon is distributed everywhere in the lunar top soil. But it is also possible that there will be regions where there is more than at other places, and/or it is easier to extract.
Can you please give me your thoughts on what this is in & around the Shackleton crater? I have about every possible angle now, & this is Definitely not an anomaly. I believe we may be seeing a lens effect due to the shape of the clear dome over the site, which makes this look larger than it actually is?
George Vajagich yay I found an old comment from my old channel from 2 years ago LOL wonder if I will find this comment later as well if I come back to this video in several years
Supplies? What does earth have that moon doesn't? Mining on earth is difficult, damaging and dangerous. Lots resources on moon may not even need much energy to process, completely outclassing earth production and did I mention delivery is just about all down hill.
Google moon es un punto que siempre siendo Google moon. No hay forma que cambien el circulo,olbita,rotación y lo más asombroso su rotación en todo el universo.
Hopefully sometime in June -- now that these "Resources from Space" videos are almost complete! (Just one more next week). I'll also soon have over 300 exam papers to mark! :)
For an investment of much less than the US debt we can power the world 20TW (we need only 17 TW) using solar power. Why bother lowering their eroie even lower and pushing the net energy level so low as not to be worthwhile? Where is the commercial angle here? What advantage does this have when sterilization is so much cheaper?
Nice show Mr, but as a 2014 earth dweller, i cant help but wonder if such a far fetched future could in fact become a reality, dont get me wrong, if we account for current and soon to come sound technologies and develepments IT CAN BE POSIBLE, BUT, knowing mankind, keeping an eye on man history and also keeping the other in the current present when all politicians ignore science and our wellbeing doing nothing to resolve our enviromental problems like the new plastic contiment floating in the pacific ocean as an example or reactions to the impendant global warming, can we still be naive enough to actually believe we can have a brighter future ahead of us? i think not, but what do u think?
I totally get where you are coming from -- there is no guarantee that we will achieve this kind of thing. But I think we have more chance of doing large-scale projects like Moon or asteroid mining, or building solar power satellites, than of convincing billions of individuals to change their lifestyles to consume fewer resources, cut their carbon emissions by 70 per cent plus, etc. In effect, in the coming decades we either need to do a lot less, or to stretch ourselves to achieve a great deal more. And I like to think that at least the latter will be possible. Let's live in hope!
well in fact science has already studied stadistically our moment in history, which predicts an eventual fall of the western civilization, may be 'cuz of war or another reason. In any case science is without limitations, the know how is already there, the nasa guys did it once backed by the us goverment budget, we are in the verge of achieving even greater goals backed by huge possible profits by private companies. i guess you are right to spread a message of hope in this sceneario and many others that are yet to come
lol perhaps that's why NASA wants to go there first then. to get their hands on that helium 3. I mean it's totally logical to want to go to the moon first because it's close and we can practice in case of emergency. but things are usually more than meets the eye where the government is concerned.
There are things happening up there that I think they WANT us to see. What is coming very soon due to the recent advancement in fusion reactors, will soon make our moon an interstellar gas station, as well as ruling Earth's economy.
Im all for space mining but not for fuel sources.... Electric is everything im over paying for it... But we can dig for minerals in space like diamonds ect and leave our planet alone. What we need to do is mine the astroid belt by mars while re colonizing that planet and then set up all the factories and mills on the moon for processing and keep OUR planet as clean as possible.
Scarcity can be over come much easier in a new social system that takes into account the well being of humans and the environment first by utilizing technology and the Scientific Method. This social system is called a Natural Law Resourced Based Economy. Capitalism actually is hindering our progress as a species as we speak. It's usefulness has about reached it's peak, time to move on and evolve as a species and stop playing this game of wealth and acquisition which as left the majority of people behind. With our current knowledge and technology we can create a world of abundance for all.
Nice video. I am curious though as to how you would stop asteroid and comets from impacting a hypothetical moon base? surely a corporation would want to protect it's assets on the moon. Are impacts a common occurrence? I mean the lunar craters are littered all over the surface as a result of impacts. You seem clued up on the subject, I would appreciate your insight.
e=mc2 says mass and energy in universe is constant so if we transport more energy to earth which means we are taking mass of Moon to earth ....are we sure its not going to have any long term impact on earth gravitation
These are really impressive graphics you have in your videos; especially the moonbase.
Thanks.
Finally someone who gets that the moon isn't just some giant rock that spins around the earth. This is an excellent video as usual, Christopher.
now this is a mystery to me. you have made a good point, yet you have a Donald Trump icon.... how it can be possible? Trump not believe in global warning or in humanity... yet you look intelligent... dunno...
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We're going to the moon!
@@marcoflumino Trump doesn't want anyone accepting anything a young earth creationist wouldn't. YEC's accept engineering and everything it can do. However, when it proves humans are responsible for altering Earth's climate and that the Earth is more than 10000 years old, they'll say it's as wrong as they think 'liberals' are. Also, whatever draws critical thinkers away from pursuits Trump considers 'liberal causes' and towards his irrational thinking, he'll support.
@@marcoflumino rambprp
I could see Elon Musk having some secret plan to do this, easily combining his business ventures into one. The boring company to mine, Tesla as transportation/energy, i.e Tesla vehicles, Tesla batteries and solar panels, finally Space-X to travel and transport materials between the earth and moon.. We live in an amazing time.
Truly amazing indeed
I really liked this series. It's extremely clear and interesting (as all the other video). I have some problem understanding how the laser beams would actually transmit energy to our planet. I mean the physical process is not clear to me.
Keep up the good work!
and thank you for these videos!
Thanks for this. Lunar solar power would use lasers to target very large PV "rectennas" on the Earth -- or microwave transmitters to target microwave rectennas. A lot of the energy would be lost in transmission!
Really amazed with all your series of videos sir..Fascinating animations and much more interesting issues...Brilliant..!!
Subha manisha Kadali Many thanks. :)
Very good content in the whole of internet in terms of the quality and graphics, thanks sir! I am starting engineering in college next year and interested in fusion and space. This video made me very excited indeed. I hope that I can find a crazy enthusiastic physicist/engineer like myself in uni and perhaps contribute to the new era of space age that is coming fast.
Excellent! This is why I make videos. I do hope that you will develop your skills at college and help to make the new era of space a reality. Good Luck! :)
I'm going to be going to the Naval Academy I'd like to become Major in history and go more in depth in this field as well. It's absolutely captivating.
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Excellent. We need more pioneers. Good luck ! :)
you know that moon is very important for earth? one of the obvious is that it causes high/low tide which is very important for the survival of many animals(food for human). These idiots mined the moon and cause it to go out of balance, why human nowadays do things without thinking of the consequences...but call themselves scientist/leaders who save the world. ironic and idiotic. The energy from the EARTH sea waves could produce 7x energy needed by ALL humankind and yet they look to the moon.
Man You are doing fantastic job.
Thanks.
Good work here Mr Barnatt. Thank you very much! Time for an update on this topic (March 2021)? Although it's quite surprising that not much has changed in nearly eight years! Or so it seems . . . ????
Trump did commit the USA to return humans to the moon by 2025 . . .
Never thought of the Moon as a possible future super power. Now that's interesting!
intrepid35sweden mobile suite gundam wing, usa vs britain, aztecs vs spain, how do you expect anyone to police the moon?
I can only hope to live long enough to see this happen
We can start with the arrival of the Google Lunar XPrize entrants on the Moon, and sending back their HD video by the end of 2017. This may focus a few minds . . .
U will
It started in 1969 with Man landing on the Moon, then the ball was dropped. We should have been traveling in deep space by now.
Great vid, I could see this expanded and getting a slot on CH4/CH5!
Thanks. :)
It may be easier to construct dome like structures like the millennium dome. Given that these structures May easily enclose larger areas allowing construction to take place inside.
What software do you use for your graphics? They're very good! It reminds me of POV-Ray or Bryce...
Everything is done in LightWave 3D. :)
@@ExplainingTheFuture Cool! Thank you
The world spends (wastes) over $1.5 trillion on military spending per year- imagine all that money being directed to dealing with our existential problems on earth; also including such projects as presented here. It would become feasible overnight, carried out as a global effort to the benefit of each individual on our dying planet.
This is so true. We have the money and technical expertise. We just spend it in the wrong ways.
The habitable pod for astronaut isn't made from metal, is lunar base material to shield against dangerous solar radiation. As a permanent moon base.
sO right u r
+ art m , money is a motivation exchange tool . in reality all we need is a person's time . lots of volunteer's that either volunteer their time or resources . sadly that won't happen due to the fact that most people " not all people " are to greedy with their time . now if space travel is actually real on another topic we should be careful how much weight we remove from the moon . every action has a reaction . that being said , i love technology :)
@@ExplainingTheFuture just wondering if you realise how much meaning your comment actually has . the way i look at it is , expertise is a form of time , time does not always need money in order for time to exist . the saying time well spent comes to mind . if more people would start to spend their time wisely i believe we could achieve the so called edan that people dream about and we could achieve it on this very earth that we call our mother . :)
New biz idea: brothels on the moon for the miners.
new? apparently you've never seen the original star trek episode, or read the old SCIFI pulps like galaxy or analog!
prolly provided by the Corp as compensation to the workers no doubt being so far from home and all...lol
The Spice must flow !!!
The Shimizu Corporation wants to build a solar ring around the moon. I think its worth looking at. Its the plan that I'm most excited about that involves resource gathering from the moon.
Indeed, I had the Shimizu Corp ideas for lunar solar power in mind when I wrote the end of the video. :)
Finally some reality from 6:06 to 6:13
Another amazing video. I am astonished by the beautiful animations, I cannot wait for the making of as well as the last episode of the series. I wish more governments paid more attention to the long-term longevity of mankind, not only the seemingly insignificant sort-term problems.
Thanks for this feedback. During the first space race, the United States spent about 10 percent of GDP for nearly a decade on the Apollo programme. If nothing else, this proves that very large commitments to space activity are possible. We just need to learn to do this kind of thing again, but for peaceful, less political, survival purposes.
ExplainingTheFuture Supposedly Russia has spent 51 billion USD on the Sochi Winter Olympics. I can only imagine what would happen if that money was funded into a space mining program or a space elevator project. The money spent would not have went to waste, it would be going into an extreme idea and venture for humankind unlocking doors to the vast space resources. Unlike a sporting event that could create country pride and generate minor income. Which would be outmatched by tons of precious resources and a pride for an entire human race with a space elevator.
wondertwins2222 Agreed. This has to be true. And the money spent on things like nuclear weapons could be far better directed into space travel and related activities. Humanity does not (yet) lack the resources to complete these grand initiatives -- we just choose to deploy the finite reserves of our first planet in a very short-sighted manner.
That's not NASA that ISRO who found water on moon plz correct it
The narration runs "since 2009, NASA have confirmed the presence of water on the Moon", and this is true. In November 2008, ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 released a Moon Impact Probe probe that detected potential evidence of water. In September 2009, NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper -- aboard Chandrayaan-1 -- then detected water on the Moon's surface. NASA's LCROSS then gathered further evidence in 2009. None of these experiments were absolutely definitive, and have to be taken as collectively building up evidence. I did not say in the video that "in 2009, NASA was the first to detect (probable) water on the Moon." :) Also, note that there is no way to "correct" a UA-cam video. In the past an annotation could be added, but no longer.
@@ExplainingTheFuture onnu pods
INDIA fond water in moon
NASA only confirmed that observation
So the NASA is not all
And the US government is not good .but our Modi government is better than the US government.....
Tintin already found water on the moon in 1953 :D
Man bro you rock my friend love the newer video development your doing
Could Tess live on the Moon in one artificial space -igloo ??? ... Anything is possible !!! ...
I didn't know you had another channel! I'm subscribed to your computer channel too.
I'm glad you've found this here! :)
Mining for metals would be little difficult and expensive . But generating Electricity is practical .
Wouldn't it be much better to have a Plasma based reactor with Helium-3?
I liked the video dude, keep up the informing the public man. 🇺🇸 let's go!!!
Thanks.
great vids man love your channel subbed!
Many thanks. :)
moment we build machine that will take us to space at low cost, space mining will became like golden epidemic
There'll never be a low cost way up there.
SpaceX have made it about as cheap as it is going to get.
Consider the escape velocity. It's huge. If our planet had been 25% bigger then I don't think we'd have ever gotten into orbit.
I'm amazed we have managed to launch as much as we have.
But the aliens said to never come back.
we are the aliens
Who owns the moon? Earth or the aliens 👽?
who does your animations? +explainingthefuture
Hyder Noori I do my own animations! :)
ExplainingTheFuture absolutely brilliant,sir.
Subscribed.
Fascinating
I was wondering about the same thing for a long time...
Whoever did the graphics of the moon base, was heavily influenced by Gerry Anderson's the Thunderbirds. I especially like the rotating radar dish that is pointed at the side of a building.
Would this structure be enough strong against meteroids? And what about the sophisticated solar panels.... You would damage it all.
Hopefully lunar domes made from 3D printed moon rock would provide protection from meteroids. But surface equipment, yes, may occasionally get damaged.
1:25 i like the idea of this lunar base, looks like command and conquer moon, that would be a good game
Added bonus: to help the economic profitability, oil companies that usually have part of their customers demand high quality lower stage rocket fuel (such as RP-1) could use the extra money to research and help fund space missions as they expand their business models to encompass fusion power as they aid their future buyers (like SpaceX). As there is already a lot of money going into oil rigs will need to be expensively refurbished. This way, more companies should be less scared of the investment. And the research can be used in other fields, such as communications and Landsat or other scientific research (because of cheaper satellite launches), the research could be also reused with commercial human spaceflight. Who knows? Maybe energy companies and space companies will become tightly linked. Solar panels have been benefitted from their research for the space program, and a wealth of other energy infrastructure.
Excellent thinking. :)
A terrific short SCI FI story about a love story & Moon Mining, by Ian McDonald, THE FIFTH DRAGON has a surprise of teaching about Helium 3....a great read! And found as the 1st story in The Years Best Science Fiction 2015, 32nd annual collection, available in libraries!.
1000 likes, baby!!!
Good let’s do it quick really cool
The best shielding for those protons is a plastic like polyethalene.
Anything with a lot of hydrogen in it.
I don't think it is a sensible idea to plan on bringing anything back to Earth.
The moon is a source of materials for mankind in space rather than here on Earth.
Helium 3 isn't that common. You wouldn't need those huge tanks.
You could only sell 8 kilos a year to the Earth if you did that. That's all the market there is for it in the foreseeable future (so vast space freighters seems a bit unlikely).
Solar panels are going to be a big problem on the moon. The regolith is electrically charged and will stick to the panels and block out sunlight.
I don't how come it does get all the place but experience has taught us that it does make it onto astronauts visors even though it is supposed to just be on the ground and not floating around.
I wouldn't be sending people to the moon.
We need to aim for people in space but why do they have to be on the moon?
The moon needs to be just robots because on the one hand it is low gravity and on the other hand that regolith is just a mountain of problems because of how abrasive it is and because it sticks to everything..
I think all planet or asteroid has minerals,oils,and gases
Another possibility for a moon base is to exploit the fact that lava tubes and caves have been located on the moon. For example, there is one in the Marius Hills region. The lava tubes would provide shielding from solar radiation and provide a more stable temperature.
www.lunarpedia.org/index.php?title=Lava_Tubes
I wish I had known this -- it would have made a great visual!
A very well done video and very interesting.
Awesome Video !
Spacecraft Construction, colossal type. Earth must have. If you want to make a colony on the moon, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Uranus.. Europe & Atlantis named Titan, a colossal spacecraft, Then there are quite a lot of scientific manifestations. Must be fast time. Not slow.
The vocal audio is quite "tinny" with a short echo. Perhaps it could benefit from being run through an audio filter.
I cannot hear this I'm afraid; it maybe an issue at the UA-cam encoding or your end. There is nothing wrong with the initial files.
Playing the video again, I do not notice the slight distortion I mentioned earlier. Perhaps it was merely zemblanity! It sounds normal to me now. Thanks!
This is exciting stuff and I hate to rain on anyone's parade but, although we have methods to mine Helium-3, and existing tech that could transport it back to Earth, does a functioning fusion power plant design that could produce usable amounts of power from Helium-3 exist yet? The few fusion projects that I heard of either 1) consumed more energy than they produced 2) did not utilize Helium-3 in their energy making process.
hope im wrong
+Silver-Bears IARIBO You are right about current fusion plants, and about the fact that we have yet to create a helium-3 fusion plant. However, they would be easier to create than fusion plants powered with tritium and deuterium (as in experiment to date), as the 'fast neutrons problem' goes away, while the 'fast protons' created could (in theory) be magnetically contained. It is all exciting as you note, though sadly all still theoretical. Though we have to dream big! :)
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They extended the deadline by a year -- and then another -- so it now stands at a "final" December 2017. This is also likely to be definitive as they decided only to extend a second time if at least one team announced that it had signed a launch contract. And one did! :) So I think we will be hearing a lot about this in 2017. Just last week a trailer was posted for a new documentary series about the competition -- exec produced by J J Abrams (he of Star Wars fame): link here -- ua-cam.com/video/cuXxBoSYmfc/v-deo.html
We need a international law that says "No more than one child per family" or "kids with severe health or brain problems are not to be born". In this way Earth's population will be fine.
We need to develop more natural ways of living instead of artificial unstable ways.
Fosile fuel is the first tipe of energy we have learnt from the Fire Age and we are stuck with this. Mining is good but recycling is better.
Nature have the best designs and energy management and we need to learn from this (is older than us)...
NASA's 2020 budget of $22,600,000,000 could easily provide food and shelter for 100% of the homeless people in America.
Think we should put solar panel up there and send all the energy back to earth and to mars it would be a great energy sources for earth
How tho?
Old news Mining is going on on the Moon and has been for years, in the LROC photo of the Daedalus Crater over the far side there is a recess with a vehicle sitting there the crater is around 40Km across so the scale is very small but zoom in and it is clear to see, Comet 67P is also being mined look for the Imhotep region shots and there is clear proof of vehicles mine entrances and crane jibs, how much proof do you want. We need to start examining ALL photos from LROC and ESA in minute detail to see whats really going on. Aristarchus Crater low angle shot from LROC shows a tressle bridge carrying a pipeline at the 11 0'clock position, again the crater is around 40km across so these things look small. ITS there just look!
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The moon will become a super power = death star
and then we ll place our "giant laser" :-P lol dr evil
I have a question..God placed the Moon in the sky to give us a lesser light at night. Ok if it's a light...why do we have a dark side of the moon? Shouldn't it be light on that side too..seeing the sun has nothing to do with the brightness of it. Just wondering.
So besides international treaties is there anything preventing me from saying I own the moon and you have to pay me 50% of all profits made?
Just those treaties! :)
ExplainingTheFuture that’s crazy
yeah, your bridge
The moon will be a billboard .......soon....
this guy is great, amazing worK!!
Many thanks! :)
Unfortunately Helium 3 is not present in large enough quantities to be useful and is only usable in Fusion plants which have yet to be invented.
The moon base will not be built like this, or it can only be used as a temporary excessive measure. The lunar base in this situation is too unsafe, and there are too many small meteorites that can destroy it. Perhaps the people would consider building a dungeon.
Awesome.
Did they find diamonds??
If we touch the ecosystem of moon or solar system extensively that could trigger more havoc or good things - not known. Earth is abundant to serve the needy and if we regulate greedy and tap unconventional energy sources the future will be economical and not scary.
ISRO found water on moon. Kindly note it down.
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With the world in the pocket of moon mining, not sure, with no protection meteor showers it would be a risky place to place a large industrial complex.
I have a question is it that there are some deposits on the moon where we have helium 3 or it's just anywhere there is ground on the moon.
Meaning is someone planning on mining the moon for helium 3 from moon do they need to first do a investigation and find out about the deposits or so to say where to mine
A very good question. As far as we know, the helium-3 on the moon is distributed everywhere in the lunar top soil. But it is also possible that there will be regions where there is more than at other places, and/or it is easier to extract.
@@ExplainingTheFuture thanks
Can you please give me your thoughts on what this is in & around the Shackleton crater? I have about every possible angle now, & this is Definitely not an anomaly. I believe we may be seeing a lens effect due to the shape of the clear dome over the site, which makes this look larger than it actually is?
We'll take the moon rocks and Make Conversion Gel from it! (This is a reference to a video game)
a very interesting video :) keep it up!
yes moondust 3D printer
George Vajagich yay I found an old comment from my old channel from 2 years ago LOL wonder if I will find this comment later as well if I come back to this video in several years
Supplies? What does earth have that moon doesn't? Mining on earth is difficult, damaging and dangerous. Lots resources on moon may not even need much energy to process, completely outclassing earth production and did I mention delivery is just about all down hill.
Google moon es un punto que siempre siendo Google moon. No hay forma que cambien el circulo,olbita,rotación y lo más asombroso su rotación en todo el universo.
nice video
When are you gonna upload a new video at Explaining Computers?
Hopefully sometime in June -- now that these "Resources from Space" videos are almost complete! (Just one more next week). I'll also soon have over 300 exam papers to mark! :)
Thanks!.BTW are you a Teacher?
Ryan Tan
I lecture in future studies at Nottingham University for part of my time.
Ah,Ok Thanks once again :)
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When are you going to upload another video?
Kianoush Mohebbi My last was only 13th Sept! :) Next in a couple of weeks.
For an investment of much less than the US debt we can power the world 20TW (we need only 17 TW) using solar power. Why bother lowering their eroie even lower and pushing the net energy level so low as not to be worthwhile? Where is the commercial angle here? What advantage does this have when sterilization is so much cheaper?
You related to Michael Caine?
Nice show Mr, but as a 2014 earth dweller, i cant help but wonder if such a far fetched future could in fact become a reality, dont get me wrong, if we account for current and soon to come sound technologies and develepments IT CAN BE POSIBLE, BUT, knowing mankind, keeping an eye on man history and also keeping the other in the current present when all politicians ignore science and our wellbeing doing nothing to resolve our enviromental problems like the new plastic contiment floating in the pacific ocean as an example or reactions to the impendant global warming, can we still be naive enough to actually believe we can have a brighter future ahead of us? i think not, but what do u think?
I totally get where you are coming from -- there is no guarantee that we will achieve this kind of thing. But I think we have more chance of doing large-scale projects like Moon or asteroid mining, or building solar power satellites, than of convincing billions of individuals to change their lifestyles to consume fewer resources, cut their carbon emissions by 70 per cent plus, etc. In effect, in the coming decades we either need to do a lot less, or to stretch ourselves to achieve a great deal more. And I like to think that at least the latter will be possible. Let's live in hope!
well in fact science has already studied stadistically our moment in history, which predicts an eventual fall of the western civilization, may be 'cuz of war or another reason. In any case science is without limitations, the know how is already there, the nasa guys did it once backed by the us goverment budget, we are in the verge of achieving even greater goals backed by huge possible profits by private companies. i guess you are right to spread a message of hope in this sceneario and many others that are yet to come
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Why is it that the neutron producing fusion, using deuterium, is harder to contain than the proton producing fusion, using Helium-3?
Because a neutron is not a charged particle, and hence has no possibility for electromagnetic containment. :)
Ok, thanks very much
lol perhaps that's why NASA wants to go there first then. to get their hands on that helium 3. I mean it's totally logical to want to go to the moon first because it's close and we can practice in case of emergency. but things are usually more than meets the eye where the government is concerned.
They’re going to have to doctor the new photos to match the old doctored photos from the moon
There are things happening up there that I think they WANT us to see. What is coming very soon due to the recent advancement in fusion reactors, will soon make our moon an interstellar gas station, as well as ruling Earth's economy.
Might have to look towards Mars as I can see the moon might already be taken.
actually helium three? yes that could be lucrative and cut carbon costs ... hummmm thnks for thinking critically . sir .
That laser transmissions to earth will not destroy earth's atmosphere?
An interesting thought! Hopefully not, but I guess there may be some impact on the atmosphere.
Im all for space mining but not for fuel sources.... Electric is everything im over paying for it... But we can dig for minerals in space like diamonds ect and leave our planet alone. What we need to do is mine the astroid belt by mars while re colonizing that planet and then set up all the factories and mills on the moon for processing and keep OUR planet as clean as possible.
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that like a star construction game
It's new-cleer, not new-kewlar.
Royal Shell gas station will take on this challenge
Scarcity can be over come much easier in a new social system that takes into account the well being of humans and the environment first by utilizing technology and the Scientific Method. This social system is called a Natural Law Resourced Based Economy.
Capitalism actually is hindering our progress as a species as we speak. It's usefulness has about reached it's peak, time to move on and evolve as a species and stop playing this game of wealth and acquisition which as left the majority of people behind. With our current knowledge and technology we can create a world of abundance for all.
What's inside the moon tho they not talking about that
Ok future spaceman.
ever wonder how much worth is a moon rocks.
Tentem usar esses recursos para restaurar uma parte da áfrica, quem sabe tenham, assim, credibilidade para alçar o espaço...
Nice video. I am curious though as to how you would stop asteroid and comets from impacting a hypothetical moon base? surely a corporation would want to protect it's assets on the moon. Are impacts a common occurrence? I mean the lunar craters are littered all over the surface as a result of impacts. You seem clued up on the subject, I would appreciate your insight.
problem...How to get all that stuff up to the Moon......never in any ones life time who is currently alive on Earth.....
helium 3 is the answer to see energy problems
e=mc2 says mass and energy in universe is constant so if we transport more energy to earth which means we are taking mass of Moon to earth ....are we sure its not going to have any long term impact on earth gravitation
We would certainly have to be careful in the longer term . . .
WHAT ARE THESE BILLIONAIRES WAITING FOR
They are starting to invest. Private space is growing fast.
It will be cool if monsters pops out from the moon's surface