What If We Terraformed The Moon?

Could we ever terraform the moon? Currently, the technology and resources escape us - and there are enough pressing issues on Earth as it is. Yet, becoming an interplanetary species is likely a necessity for the longterm survival of humanity. So today, we’ll explore this bold and intriguing proposal.

Sources:

How Do We Terraform Mars?

Planetary Engineering on Mars

How Do We Terraform the Moon?

How Long is a Day on the Moon?

Atmosphere of the Moon

How Far Away is Venus?

What is the Temperature of the Moon?

Lunar Renaissance Orbiter

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New Study Explains Antarctica’s Coldest Temperatures

Founder / Director: Peter Schumaker
Chief Editor: Tristan Reed
Original soundtrack by Joseph McDade

[arshian]

I thought it's a kurzgesagt vid but now that I'm here I'm binge watching all of your videos

[veggsbacon]

"How do we give a moon an atmosphere?"
"Icy comets, baby!"
Moon: "But....my weak gravity...."

[Icehowl]

Probably not the wisest to bombard the moon with comets/astroids. It might work in the case of Mars, but the moon is a bit too close to earth for this to be a viable option. It would eject an incredible amount of Moon Stone into space, some of which will inevitably fall on earth. Just imagine the damage that would cause...
EVERY FRIGGIN CLEFAIRY WOULD END UP EVOLVING!

[NoThrottle]

I appreciate the amount of effort put into this video. I would have expected you to brush deeper into the subject of why the moon doesn't have an atmosphere in the first place. Specially focusing on solar winds and the magnetosphere.

[iztoxicity]

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[cutecombo]

Filling my kuezegasgt thirst hahaha love the channel man keep it up. I'd love to see more space stuff.

[atefrod]

Would love to see you guys use metric instead of imperial units! Keep in mind that the world is bigger than the US alone, make your videos understandable for the rest of the entire world!

[dr.strange]

I thought it was a Kurz video from the excellent production, and when I found out it's not I was even HAPPIER. Twice the scientific exploration channels, twice the fun, twice the knowledge! Can't wait to binge!

[thomasrdiehl]

I love how this adresses how low gravity might be a problem by the end but completely skips the issue that said low gravity means any atmosphere we might establish would not be stable for long with gas escaping into open space due to lack of gravity.

[EdBlMo]

I was expecting him to also talk about the imminent side-effects on earth

[Ziche]

These are all fantastic videos with incredible animations, thank you so much. My only minor suggestion would be to include metric units in order to best cater for an international and scientific audience (even if just written on the graphics in brackets in addition to the imperial units). Looking forward to what this channel will upload next!

[artlux]

Seeing the moon alive, being able to consist life would be so beautiful. Looking up and being able to see it and go “I know life is there and thriving” being able to look up and see a beautiful home in the sky would be wonderful.

[cajintexas]

"Let's crash some asteroids into the moon."
"Cool! Let's do it!!!"
"Hey, that asteroid missed. Um . . . I think it's headed for . . . oh crap."

[tobeeey_]

This channel is such a gem, so glad I finally found it!

[knewledge]

Me walking around the surface of the moon with a pair of tweezers trying to catch something I can breathe.

[josephwalczak]

the moon doesnt have a strong magnetic field meaning that even if you had a atmosphere the suns radiation would simply blow it away

[nagaManu]

Please give units in Celsius too. Not everyone lives in USA. love from India

[aniruddhmaitra]

It was at the end credits that I realised I am not watching a Kurzgesagt video. Lmao great stuff. Subbed.

[ender_slayer]

There is one major flaw with all of this though (aside from the extremely low surface gravity), the moon has no magnetosphere of its own, and for most of each month it is well outside of the earth's magnetosphere as well. Meaning even if you did transfer all of these gasses, and create a 24 hour rotation period, it wouldn't really matter because the sun's solar winds would blow away all of the gas anyways (though the "normal" day night cycle would be convenient for effective solar panel use).

[Pechang]

The use of the Imperial system is killing me...