SpaceX revealed plans for a permanently manned moonbase

SpaceX will build a permanently manned moonbase using many lunar Starships. SpaceX is advancing a massive new space capability and will advance through lunar orbital missions and beyond. Just leaving one Lunar Starship on the moon would provide lots of room for moonbase astronauts and a habitable moonbase by the end of this decade.

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[chaptertravels]

I think they have a lot of lessons on dust to learn and overcome before going to Mars where the problem becomes much worse.

[tonyug]

its so nice having real human voices for this stuff, its so much clearer and more understandable -- keep on with this quality of video and information.

[Mattguyverr]

They need a CANADARM with fuel hose built into it for refueling.

[ClashStats]

Nice visions of landings on the Moon and Mars! BUT WHERE ARE WE IN REALITY? The technology of the 21st century has not yet managed to land a small probe (<1/2 mt) on the moon without an accident and with pinpoint accuracy, not to mention a return that is essential for a human landing! Anyone who dreams of huge, multi-ton rockets that land precisely and successfully launch back into lunar orbit is a dream dancer! But dreaming is nice...🤔

[Mrcometo]

11:40 In my humble opinion: Why not divide the “thrusters for landing” ring in two, one side in an upper and the other half in the lower, both at th same side, to do the landing in horizontal position directly? It will be more difficult to do the stevedoring, but it will be simplify a lot the positioning on the moon surface directly…

[pedrosura]

One of the ideas on the show Space 1999 is that they were not silly enough to land their vehicle vertically. They would land it horizontally. I dont kow who’s idea is to land that vehicle vertically and then be forced to place a complex elevator to raise and lower equipment. Landing horizontally makes a lot more sense. I know there are drawbacks to landing horizontally but there are deawbacks of landing vertically as well. BTW later on they plan to place the vehicle horizontally on the surface with a crane? What happened to the best part is no part? Well the rocket has 33 engines and you need 10 refuelings. I call each one of those vehicles “a part”
I dont like not having engines with hypergolic propellants for the initial moon rockets. Maybe once they have backups they could consider the turbopumps.
Imagine what it will take to design the control system to land in the moon without that 30 story building landing with a high CG without it toppling over..!no landing pad Mom!
Also, they will need nuclear reactors for the moonbase. Lunar nights are 14 days unless you are at the poles. Solar panels will not be enough.
I dont think Starship will ever take humans to Mars with chemical rockets. The complexity humans bring to these long missions and the energy logistic requirments will be too much to overcome.

[toddheath]

Brian i am building an excavator rover and one of the biggest elements to mine is Helium 3. I will take processing a billion tons of regolith to roughly get 30 tons of helium 3. Estimates are $1 billion per ton. USA could use 24 tons helium 3 in fusion reactors per yr.

[ArthurWoods-owgs]

Do you have a reference from SpaceX and or from Musk announcing such a Moonbase plan?

[VictorGallagherCarvings]

Can methane be manufactured on the moon ?

[jimseibyl]

Sadly, DeerMoon has been cancelled as of today.

[jimseibyl]

I really hope Space X does what they say but I question the validity of Musk with his recent actions to put any faith into him. Let’s hope I’m wrong but with recent Tesla events, I can’t put faith in the guy.