How Much Would it Cost to Live on the Moon? | Wendover Productions
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How Much Would it Cost to Live on the Moon? | Wendover Productions

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 14, 202613 min

How Much Would it Cost to Live on the Moon? Support Wendover Productions on Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/Wendover ProductionsLiving on the moon would be very, very expensive, but let's take nine minutes to calculate just how expensive it would be.Youtube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Email: [email protected] Reddit: /u/WendoverProductions or http://www.reddit.com/r/wendoverproductionsBig thanks to http://www.shutterstock.com for providing stock footage for this video.Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fX3rVRDX3nn2RYBUjqoLYfSoUZ_JDk1KFx63mlbjBnY/edit http://nssdc.gsfc...

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Moon colonization is something that humans have dreamt about for centuries, and it's entirely possible it's just a matter of cost. Bringing both humans and supplies the 234,000 miles to the lunar surface costs an enormous amount of money, and it's difficult to justify the cost to taxpayers.

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So how much would it cost? Well, that's a complicated question. For the sake of simplicity, let's say we're doing a one year return mission with four astronauts using NASA technology.

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The first thing we'll calculate is the cost of getting there, and we'll need a rocket. The Saturn V is the only rocket to have ever existed that is powerful enough to take humans beyond low earth orbit. The problem is, all 15 of them are long retired.

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