Do you think in the year 3,000 going to the moon will be an ordinary vacation?

Answer 1

Not so much. Maybe more of a business trip. The scenery on the moon is kind of boring... despite what people who have been there say about it. But then, to the people who have been there, the sights they saw could have very well been the last. So they probably got a bit more enthused than you would if you had to shell out a month's worth of salary for it and were sure to have a return ticket.

The moon as a destination might have somewhat of a Vegas quality... sort of nice and inviting on the inside but they don't make much of an effort to make it more comfortable for you outside of the casinos.

Now think about the moon during the daytime being twice as hot as Vegas. How do you like it?

And at night... well, it is kind of cold, but there is one great sight, fur sure: Earth hanging in the dark sky like a big blue balloon and the stars are sharp like never before (but without a sparkle - no atmosphere for that). That must be something...

Answer 2

I think it will! I think for a while (maybe the next 100-200 years or so), it will be an "outpost" like Antarctica is today. But the moon captures more people's imagination than Antarctica does, so I think more people will want to go.

A lot of people want the adventure of going to space, of being weightless, of seeing the earth from afar, etc. That will draw people, I think.

And the moon may very well turn out to be a viable source of natural resources (unlike Antarctica). That will draw people too.

I can well imagine that eventually there will be huge, spacious habitats there. I can imagine that some day there will be a "lunar Olympics." Imagine the new kinds of sports that will have to be invented when you can jump and kick six times as high! One event will certainly be the "individual flying competition." The gravity is sufficiently low that we'll actually be able to strap on a pair of wings and soar like birds (inside a pressurized gymnasium, of course).

Answer 3

Unless civilization collapses, I think so. I think in a thousand years we'll at the very minimum have colonized the whole solar system, and probably have colonies around nearby stars too even if FTL doesn't work out (and if FTL does work out we may easily have spread through hundreds or thousands of star systems by then). To such a civilization going from Earth to the moon should be quite easy and well within the reach of the average citizen.

Answer 4

The moon is boring. And dangerous saying that the sun is not protected by our atmosphere and the heat exeeds our hot summer days by a mouthful. Probably not lasting either. Earth is still not fully discovered and we have live to live for seeing earth...unless in 1k years a superevolving life forms take place on mars and start growing civilizations but doubtfull it takes about 1 billion years on our planet as probably is to theirs. It would be cool to visit once. Id rather visit mars.

Answer 5

Maybe not ordinary, but about like visiting Antarctica today. Many thousands of people visit Antarctica every year.

Answer 6

I think we will be able to go Mars for a vacation by then(Moon not to mention), too bad we won't be alive to see it.

Answer 7

if we are still here