Japanese team launches research to make living on moon reality

enabling people to live on the moon under conditions similar to those on Earth

Hmm, I guess this first requires making some future people (babies). lol

And btw, who will ever want to live under similar conditions there? If going there, then the conditions have to be significantly better of course. If I want to see the same misery, poverty, war, price inflation and so on, I also can stay and have all that easily here.

Humans have already decimated our own planet, but what the hell let's destroy our moon too.

Or much to destroy on the moon unless you mean the pristine forests, clean rivers a nd unspoiled beaches up there.

Making living on the moon possible ? Come back in 6500 AD

Before doing that let's get the boosters and the ship going first, cant live on the moon if you can't get there!!?

"Microgravity is the condition in which people or objects appear to be weightless." - NASA

Gravity at the moon's surface is about 1/6th of Earth's normal gravity, which is far from microgravity.

The article states that the designed structure is expected to address the concerns of living in microgravity, so I wonder if the purpose of the structure makes sense, since lunar gravity is not microgravity. The structure looks like it is intended to be above the surface, which means that occupants would be exposed to dangerously high levels of cosmic radiation, which might not be the case if lodgings were designed to be underground.

In any case, have studies yet been conducted to determine the effects of living in 1/6th gravity for prolonged periods of time? Perhaps avoiding radiation at the moon would be more important than attempting to recreate Earth-normal gravity?

While the effects of mesogravity (the moon being roughly 1/6th that of Earth, so not really 'micro'gravity, then why not 'meso' or 'middle'gravity?) are a long term concern, I'd first be more worried about the dangers from micrometeoroid impacts, cosmic radiation, and accidentally bringing electrostatically charged lunar regolith into the lunarnauts' living quarters.

our moon is an inhospitable place.

our multicellular life on earth evolved to live in the gravity environment of earth.

we won the lottery to have a magnetic field. we wouldn’t be here without it. the moon has neither a magnetic field, nor an atmosphere, to deflect or absorb radiation.

a perfect use of the word lunacy.

the only logic i see to this is they intend to turn the ground-based prototype into a tourist attraction.

They're gonna need to do research on how to insulate walls, not a Japanese strong suit. It gets pretty cold up there. Can't just have the astronauts huddling around a kerosene heater with their legs under a kotatsu.

Sven AsaiDec. 22  05:07 pm JST

enabling people to live on the moon under conditions similar to those on Earth

Hmm, I guess this first requires making some future people (babies). lol

And btw, who will ever want to live under similar conditions there? If going there, then the conditions have to be significantly better of course. If I want to see the same misery, poverty, war, price inflation and so on, I also can stay and have all that easily here.

In several old sci-fi novels, colonists migrated to the moon and/or Mars to escape a dying planet Earth, or escape scumpot dictators and live in peace and freedom.

It's taking a lot of research but one day in the future we will, or will have to.

That design looks too pompous and not very practical.

The walls look so thin and not very insulated for the cosmic radiation, micro meteorites or extreme temperatures.

It is common knowledge that the Japanese are the worst in the world when it comes to insulate their buildings, and on a very risky project such as this, I wouldn't trust this for the world.

DanteKHToday 03:34 pm JST

That design looks too pompous and not very practical.

The walls look so thin and not very insulated for the cosmic radiation, micro meteorites or extreme temperatures.

It is common knowledge that the Japanese are the worst in the world when it comes to insulate their buildings, and on a very risky project such as this, I wouldn't trust this for the world.

Maybe they will provide an extra powerful kotatsu.