Need basic information on why humans cannot survive on the moon?

Question

basic details on moon. how can we survive on moon.

Answer 1

You can only eat so much cheese before you plug up and explode.

Answer 2

The Moon may have been essential to life switching on in the first place, so perhaps no Moon no life. No Moon from the outset would certainly have a great effect on the evolution of species, and for all we know multicellular creatures including humans might not have evolved, or may have evolved quite differently and the most intelligent forms would be unrecognisable as humans. If the Moon were suddenly to disappear, then tidal forces would be far less from the Sun alone because it is on average far less dense than the Moon, even though having same apparent size when viewed from Earth. The ocean's tides would therefore be quite modest by current standards, and this may have unknown side effects on the global ecosystem. The climate and weather systems would definitely be affected because the Earth's orbit around the Sun would be a smoother circle losing the gravitational tug of the Moon which generates a wavy motion. Again this would most likely result in a slight calming down of climatic and weather pattern extremes. It really is unknown as to whether certain species could survive without our Moon. I would hazard a guess and say yes, humans could.

Answer 3

I hope you're not writing a paper about this. I hope you're not depending on Yahoo! Answers for your sources for your paper...

*smacks forehead*

Okay, I think everyone covered "Duh! No oxygen / water / atmosphere / food / etc.", so instead, I'll tell you how it WOULD be possible to live on the moon. (By the way, I'm not a scientist, or even a college graduate, so this could all be heresay.)

They could manufacture an atmosphere by basically polluting the moon until there's a layer of carbon dioxide. Then they could bring up mini-plant stations where they would use Earth soil to begin growing trees to convert the carbon dioxide into oxygen.

After some time, scientists could build little bubble-stations (much like the Biosphere) on the moon. They would only send up enough water / food / more plants (to produce oxygen and to raise for food) / etc. to sustain this tiny little bubble.

Much, much later, when an atmosphere is firmly established, they could send up a lot more Earth soil, and plant more trees and other plants to cover the moon.

But who wants a green moon?

Answer 4

There is seems to be a consensus that the conditions on the Moon are harsh and not conducive to a pleasant vacation compared to Fiji or the Bahamas. Basically no life will be able to wonder around without a lot of protection since there is no real atmosphere, exposure to full spectrum of Solar radiation, the constant bombardment of the solar wind and cosmic rays, and no life to start with.

But having said that there are some advantages to the Moon it you have to live off earth. For one it has gravity (~ 1/5 of earths) - so your bones won't turn to jello - as they do on space stations or long space voyages. If you can get pay loads 80% of the way there, the Moon can pull it the rest of the way there - so there is some energy savings (there is even greater advantage sending things pack home to earth). Its relatively solid in spite of moon quakes - so you can use materials already on hand to build and support habitats. Though no fossil fuels - there is plenty of solar energy - at least for 14 days at a time. So its not all bad.

To sustain life on the moon - given that life will always have to be sheltered - you will need water and oxygen and with plants carbon or a lot of plant food - since we already of pointed out that the "soil" on the moon is sterile of all life. The moon rocks were important in that these elements could be held in the rocks. There is oxygen but it is held tightly in iron and aluminum oxide forms. Hydrogen ions from the solar wind are constantly bombarding the surface. There are no hydrocarbons or concentrations of carbon. So that is the basic summary of the situation at the moment.

We have no problem shipping water from Fiji all over the planet but continuously shipping water from earth to the moon does not seem reasonable for sustaining life on the moon. There is some speculation that deep craters at the poles of the moon may never get direct sun and hence could have water in frozen form or it could be held in other places [1].

Another way would be to bring a chunk of comet or ice asteroid to the moon - providing some water as well as extra-galactic hydro carbons and minerals [2]. I'll let you workout the logistic for that.

So basically to sustain life on the moon one has to deal with what is already on the moon and devise methods to use what is there to support life. So to start you need to understand the geology and make up of the moon [3]. Have fun.

Answer 5

The biggest and most immediate problem is the lack of atmosphere. We can't breathe on the moon because there is no atmosphere around the moon. Even given protection of space suits the biggest problem is with cosmic rays.

On earth, we have the magnetic field to deflect most of them, but on the moon (and in space) charged particles moving at incredible speed pass right through our bodies.

Early on in the US space program several astronauts reported seeing little sparks of light in orbit. In the movie Apollo 13 there is even a scene that sort of dramatizes this. These were cosmic particles passing through the retinas of the men "seeing them". The damage they cause would be similar to Alzheimer's Disease, in that since humans can't regenerate nerve and brain cells would be a major problem.

Answer 6

no air
too little gravity
no protection against sun's rays
no food we want to eat

That's basically it. You can survive on the moon with artificial gravity, protection, and air. It's possible, but not just now. Maybe when we are still alive, but definitely later.

Answer 7

There's no water on the Moon, and we need water to drink. There's no food there either, and you can't grow any because there's no carbon dioxide nor is there any good soil. There's no oxygen on the Moon for us to breathe. There are many others.

Answer 8

Pretty damned long supply line, Ya think?

And if we don't have enough resources here, how do we send enough to the Moon?
Geezzz, the freight cost alone?

Answer 9

how about the fact that the`atmosphier is not fit for humans?
there is no Oxygen there u know, no water also

these r the two most basic needs for humans

Answer 10

your basic life needs... humans can't breath in space without oxygen tanks... there is no water. this means besides not being able to drink and breath you could never grow food.

Answer 11

First of all, there is no oxygen (atmosphere). Next there is not much gravity. No wind too. No water. No plant. No nothing.
And we also need our famous building and other stuffs for aliens (maybe) to know us. =D