• Question: Do you think it is right to industrialise the moon?

    Asked by elliebob to Hywel, Joseph, Patience, Poonam, Rachael on 20 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Joseph Cook

      Joseph Cook answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      I would guess the moon would only be worth industrialising for communication purposes as I don’t think there’s anything worth mining there. And satellites are probably way cheaper than using the moon. So I don’t think that will happen any time soon.

      If it could be used for something that would help us here on earth in some way, then I’d probably be in favour.

    • Photo: Poonam Kaushik

      Poonam Kaushik answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      u know it is not rgt to industrialize moon!
      1) It will increase the cost of all material whatever is made on moon. Evn the crisp will cost u 100 pounds may b more than that!
      2) whoever will be working in these industry wil spend months in going to office and months to come back. and no industry is going to pay salary per annum if a person is wrking for just a day!
      3) Else they need to find their home either on moon or smwhr in space. That is again not cost effective
      4) If thy r making home in space thn thr will b too much pollution in space n someday some funny thing mgt drop on our head from space. definately i dnt want tht to haapn withme.

      SO overall I am not in favor of tht!!!

    • Photo: Dr Hywel Jones

      Dr Hywel Jones answered on 20 Jun 2010:

      Well, thats a good Q. The same could be said for the Arctic and Antarctic I suppose, these are also special, almost unspoilt natural habitats. However, as humans we dont have a good track record of protecting special places like the Rain Forests of the Amazon if there are precious resources that can be extracted for our use (and for profit).
      The moon of course does not appear to have life on it or to be essential for control of the climate (except for tides). So in theory it could be a great natural resource for us, mainly in terms of minerals. The big barrier is of course the cost and technical challenges we would face if we wanted to exploit it. For now it is simply not a viable option. Its also not clear that it has all that much useful stuff inside, ti wont have coal or oil for example since they are both derived from life itself.

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