Where should humanity build its first Moon base: Shackleton Crater, lava tubes, lunar maria, or the far side? The Moon’s future may be a network, not one base.
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Credits:
The Moon Base: Shackleton Crater vs Other Sites
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Music Courtesy of Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie
Graphics from: Jeremy Jozwik, Sergio Botero
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Chapters
0:00 Intro
4:03 Polar Alternatives: Redundancy and Expansion
7:08 Equatorial & Mare Sites: The Industrial Moon
11:26 Subsurface & Lava Tube Sites: Living Below the Surface
15:25 Far Side Sites: The Observatory Moon
19:41 Nebula
20:56 The Lunar Network
22:35 Not One Base, But Many