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So is it time to start taking photos of the moon before the image seen from earth completely changes. Every time I read about the moon and mars I think about ho

by walid 13y ago

So is it time to start taking photos of the moon before the image seen from earth completely changes. Every time I read about the moon and mars I think about how humans are going to change the environment after living there for a while. The moon also happens to affect nocturnal life on earth, which means it will end up being an environmental issue too.

hrkristian 13y ago
By the time we'll be able to actually destroy our moon or send it off, I'm pretty sure we'll also have the tech to just borrow one from one of the other planets. Personally I would love Europa, but our distance to the sun would no doubt melt it.
tokenadult 13y ago
Nothing done by human beings to earth since Homo sapiens began walking on earth is visible from the moon, so it is doubtful that anything about the appearance of the moon will change in your lifetime or the lifetimes of your great-grandchildren. See http://what-if.xkcd.com/13/ http://what-if.xkcd.com/13/ for just how large the moon is and how limited earth resources are for even reaching the moon.
- walid 13y ago
  Although your point about earth isn't completely true (night lights are very visible from space and we don't have photos from before space missions), the thing that concerns me is whether mining Helium 3 from the moon will affect the terrain's reflectivity. Helium 3 will simply be scooped off of the surface and while only small amounts of it are needed I don't exactly know how little will the impact on the moon be. Remember that the moon is many times smaller than earth so the comparison is apples and oranges.
jerf 13y ago
"Every time I read about the moon and mars I think about how humans are going to change the environment after living there for a while." There is no environment on the Moon. Can't 100% guarantee that for Mars but it's still the smart bet. Repeat that as often as it takes to understand it. In the way most people mean the term, there is NO environment on the Moon. There is NO environment on the Moon. There is not a SINGLE LIVING THING on the Moon. If you want to be a Moon environmentalist, then you should be in support of Human growth onto it, because until that happens, there is no environment on the Moon to even become "changed". Unless you really are in favor of some right for literal rocks, utterly lifeless, sterile, dead, unconscious rocks with absolutely 0 probability of any of that changing to remain "undisturbed", there is no current environmental concern for the Moon.
- walid 13y ago
  You mean there is no ecology or atmosphere on the moon. The environment is whatever there is around. On the moon it will be a terrain of grey and white matter that reflects a lot of light when there is a full moon to the point that you can see around you here on earth. This is what I'm pondering since moon cycles affect nocturnal creatures here on earth. I'm not worried about plants and animals becoming extinct on the moon because there aren't any. Btw, there is an atmosphere on Mars but I believe it is only CO2 and very thin. Mars missions have recorded Martian winds blowing sand on the tiny rover.
  - jerf 13y ago
    "You mean there is no ecology or atmosphere on the moon." I believe I said: "In the way most people mean the term, there is NO environment on the Moon..." I stand by that.

by walid 13y ago

hrkristian 13y ago

By the time we'll be able to actually destroy our moon or send it off, I'm pretty sure we'll also have the tech to just borrow one from one of the other planets. Personally I would love Europa, but our distance to the sun would no doubt melt it.

tokenadult 13y ago

Nothing done by human beings to earth since Homo sapiens began walking on earth is visible from the moon, so it is doubtful that anything about the appearance of the moon will change in your lifetime or the lifetimes of your great-grandchildren. See http://what-if.xkcd.com/13/ http://what-if.xkcd.com/13/ for just how large the moon is and how limited earth resources are for even reaching the moon.

walid 13y ago
Although your point about earth isn't completely true (night lights are very visible from space and we don't have photos from before space missions), the thing that concerns me is whether mining Helium 3 from the moon will affect the terrain's reflectivity. Helium 3 will simply be scooped off of the surface and while only small amounts of it are needed I don't exactly know how little will the impact on the moon be. Remember that the moon is many times smaller than earth so the comparison is apples and oranges.

jerf 13y ago

"Every time I read about the moon and mars I think about how humans are going to change the environment after living there for a while." There is no environment on the Moon. Can't 100% guarantee that for Mars but it's still the smart bet. Repeat that as often as it takes to understand it. In the way most people mean the term, there is NO environment on the Moon. There is NO environment on the Moon. There is not a SINGLE LIVING THING on the Moon. If you want to be a Moon environmentalist, then you should be in support of Human growth onto it, because until that happens, there is no environment on the Moon to even become "changed". Unless you really are in favor of some right for literal rocks, utterly lifeless, sterile, dead, unconscious rocks with absolutely 0 probability of any of that changing to remain "undisturbed", there is no current environmental concern for the Moon.

walid 13y ago
You mean there is no ecology or atmosphere on the moon. The environment is whatever there is around. On the moon it will be a terrain of grey and white matter that reflects a lot of light when there is a full moon to the point that you can see around you here on earth. This is what I'm pondering since moon cycles affect nocturnal creatures here on earth. I'm not worried about plants and animals becoming extinct on the moon because there aren't any. Btw, there is an atmosphere on Mars but I believe it is only CO2 and very thin. Mars missions have recorded Martian winds blowing sand on the tiny rover.
- jerf 13y ago
  "You mean there is no ecology or atmosphere on the moon." I believe I said: "In the way most people mean the term, there is NO environment on the Moon..." I stand by that.