00:00In 2025, humans will have a unique opportunity to travel on the moon.
00:06Until now, only 12 people have walked on the natural satellite of the Earth.
00:11But a private company offers today to tourists the possibility of changing it.
00:16If you are rich, you can earn 750 millions of dollars
00:20and spend several days exploring the moon and observing the Earth at distance.
00:25You can even participate in unique experiments.
00:28The humans also want to build houses on the moon.
00:31In fact, the NASA thinks that the North American could have their own parcel of the moon in 2040.
00:38You don't even need to be an astronaut to buy a land.
00:43Of course, they already do projects.
00:46Their first idea is to exploit natural resources.
00:50There are things very rare here on Earth, like helium-3 and many precious minerals,
00:56but that we find in abundance on our satellites.
00:59The scientists are certain.
01:01If you could put your hands on a part of these resources,
01:03you could become even more rich than you already have.
01:06First, helium-3.
01:08This gas is ideal for producing a proper energy nuclear energy,
01:11but it is extremely rare on Earth.
01:13It's literally in space.
01:15The Earth is also in space.
01:17The Earth is therefore in a regorge,
01:18enough to feed the Earth for a thousand years.
01:22The rare earth are not actually not rare on Earth,
01:25but they are difficult to extract,
01:27because they react with oxygen.
01:29On the Earth, there is no oxygen.
01:31It is therefore possible to get easily
01:33tons of minerals,
01:35to produce electricity and batteries.
01:38But scientists are not emboldened by this idea.
01:41For the first time,
01:42they can explore 4,5 milliards of years of space history,
01:47because the lunar surface is remained unchanged
01:49throughout all this time.
01:50The study of these rocks could reveal
01:52many secrets on the origins of the universe.
01:54But if the billionaires are going to exploit the Moon
01:57and destroy these rocks,
01:58all these knowledge could be lost forever.
02:01Another problem related to the Moon is its size.
02:04The Moon is large,
02:06but the best places,
02:07those where there is water and the Sun,
02:09are limited.
02:10The major part of the lunar surface is dangerous
02:13because of the waves,
02:14the radiation and the meteorites.
02:16This means that tourists,
02:18the scientists
02:19and the mining companies
02:20should be parted in three small regions.
02:23The first region is the
02:25peak of the eternal light.
02:27In fact, the light of the Sun
02:29the moon is still alive.
02:30This is a great source of energy
02:32for the telescopes and the human colonies.
02:34The second region is the
02:36surface of the Moon.
02:37Here,
02:38the radio signals from the Earth
02:40are less powerful.
02:41Not only it is a peaceful place
02:43and peaceful place,
02:44but it is also an ideal place
02:45to install a telescope
02:47and study the universe.
02:48The third region is the
02:50space of the universe.
02:51It is where all the trolls
02:53of social networks
02:54are leaving.
02:55No,
02:56we call it that because
02:57no rayon of the Sun
02:58has ever reached this zone.
03:00This place is even more
03:01interesting for scientists,
03:02because they can use
03:04special tools
03:05to study the areas
03:06the most far away
03:07of the universe.
03:08It is also there
03:09that we find
03:10nearly a billion tons of
03:11tons of water.
03:12If scientists could
03:13visit the Moon
03:14and study it,
03:15they would make
03:16amazing discoveries.
03:17But today,
03:18there is no law
03:19international law
03:20protecting space.
03:21No country
03:22can possess the Moon.
03:24But it does not
03:25prevent a private mine
03:26company
03:27to find a particularly
03:28interesting place.
03:30In the past,
03:31several nations
03:32signed the treaty
03:33on the space
03:34extra-atmosphary
03:35and have proven
03:36that the space exploration
03:37should have
03:38to take advantage of
03:39the entire humanity.
03:40But the exploration
03:41is not a good market.
03:42To transport
03:43five small liters
03:44from the Earth
03:45to the Moon
03:46is extremely expensive.
03:47And I guarantee
03:48that everyone
03:49could not
03:50allow it.
03:51The human activity
03:52on the Moon
03:53is also extremely dangerous
03:54because it could
03:55change its atmosphere.
03:56To better understand,
03:57look at the surface
03:58of the Moon.
03:59This floating floating
04:00has many craters
04:02formed
04:03over billions of years.
04:04When a meteorite
04:05has been formed
04:06on the moon
04:07on the moon,
04:08a fine water
04:09called a regolith
04:10which particles
04:11are so minuscule
04:12they cut like
04:13the water
04:14in the Moon.
04:15It's this process
04:16that created the Moon
04:17and this atmosphere
04:18is very different
04:19from the Earth.
04:21The Earth
04:22is susceptible
04:24to project
04:25all this fine
04:26ice cream
04:27in the Moon.
04:28The difference
04:29is that
04:30the space
04:31is that
04:32the space
04:34is so intense
04:35that it can
04:36multiply
04:37by 100.000
04:38the number
04:39of atoms
04:40in the Moon.
04:41When the atmosphere
04:42augmente,
04:43the air
04:44is transformed
04:45into an
04:46plasma
04:47poussiéreux.
04:48This means
04:49that we breathe
04:50also toxic
04:51as the one
04:52which was poisoned
04:53the mine
04:54of the other.
04:55This atmosphere
04:56could end
04:57to the space
04:58because it
04:59creates
05:00an electric
05:01and mechanical
05:02energy
05:03to the Earth.
05:04When scientists
05:05discovered
05:06the Earth
05:07were very enthusiastic
05:08to study it.
05:09It is an opportunity
05:10for them to determine
05:11its origin
05:12and even to understand
05:13how the water
05:14appeared on Earth.
05:15But when
05:16a spacecraft
05:17atterri
05:18on the Moon,
05:19a degasage
05:20is produced.
05:21This means
05:22that the water
05:23at its surface
05:24will evaporate.
05:25This evaporated
05:26can contaminate
05:27all the water
05:28present on the Moon,
05:29so all the research
05:30scientific research.
05:31In fact,
05:32when the astronauts
05:33will be able
05:34to study the Earth
05:35they will find
05:36the Earth
05:37that they will bring
05:38to the Earth.
05:39And it is not
05:40only the water
05:41that we contaminate.
05:42We contaminate
05:43everything.
05:44A vessel can transport
05:45living beings
05:46from the Earth
05:47to the Moon.
05:48And it can also
05:49bring forms of
05:50extraterrestrial life
05:51on Earth.
05:52This type of contamination
05:53is extremely dangerous
05:54because it can
05:55put human lives
05:56in danger.
05:58Something similar
05:59happened
06:00when the Europeans
06:01explored
06:02the Earth
06:03of America.
06:04They accidentally
06:05introduced
06:06the animals
06:07that they met.
06:08And as
06:09the immune system
06:10of the indigenous population
06:11was not used
06:12to these bacteria
06:13and these viruses,
06:14they died
06:15and their health
06:16was deteriorated.
06:17In the same time,
06:18the Europeans
06:19also contracted
06:20some diseases
06:21that their bodies
06:22did not yet know.
06:23And even if
06:24the lunar tourism
06:25is not yet a reality,
06:26humans already polluted
06:28the lunar plateau
06:29as if they were
06:30at home.
06:31In 2024,
06:33a artist named
06:35Jeff Koons
06:36sent a sculpture
06:37on the Moon.
06:38This sculpture
06:39is a transparent box
06:40filled with spheres
06:41and arrived
06:42on the satellite
06:43thanks to a space
06:44SpaceX Falcon 9.
06:45In each sphere,
06:47Koons
06:48wrote the name
06:49of a person
06:50that he considered
06:51very important
06:52for humanity,
06:53like Aristotle,
06:54David Bowie
06:55and Leonard Vinci.
06:56Fortunately,
06:57you don't need
06:58to go to the Moon
06:59to see this sculpture.
07:00You can buy
07:01a NFT
07:02of each sphere
07:03or not.
07:05In 1971,
07:07the members of the
07:08Apollo 15 team
07:09also left
07:10some objects
07:11on the Moon.
07:12A sculpture
07:13created by a Belgian artist
07:14and a commemorative
07:15in honor
07:16of other astronauts
07:17who were not
07:18able to be present.
07:19And the humans
07:21did not only
07:22leave the art
07:23on the Moon.
07:24In you promenant,
07:25you could be
07:26on the 187 thousand
07:27kilos
07:28of abandoned material.
07:29such as
07:30a branch
07:31of olive oil
07:32in or,
07:33a plume
07:34of faucon,
07:35a pen
07:35of gold
07:36an astronaut
07:37an angel,
07:38a bible,
07:39a golf ball
07:40a rope
07:41and even
07:42a kit
07:43of urine collection.
07:46Most of these objects
07:47were placed
07:48there by the astronauts
07:49between the 60
07:50and 70.
07:51You can therefore
07:53find the Rangers
07:54and orbiters
07:55that already
07:56several decades
07:57of
07:58years.
07:59To be honest,
08:00to be honest,
08:01to be honest,
08:02the useless material
08:03costs very much.
08:04And in the 60s,
08:05the priority
08:06was the security
08:07of the astronauts.
08:08The sad truth
08:09is that the Moon
08:10is already
08:11in the future
08:12in charge
08:13extraterrestre,
08:14so that we
08:15don't live even
08:16yet.
08:17But now,
08:18we want to
08:19install ourselves.
08:20So the NASA
08:21tries to get rid of
08:22all these
08:23resources
08:24to be able
08:25to participate
08:26in this process.
08:27The Space Agency
08:28has launched
08:29a competition,
08:30and if you want to
08:31participate,
08:32you have to find
08:33a way to reduce
08:34the amount of
08:35déchets produced
08:36and to be recycled
08:37in materials
08:38to be used
08:39for the space exploration.
08:40To win,
08:41you have to develop
08:42a way to completely
08:43recycle the déchets
08:44that are located
08:45at the surface
08:46of the Moon.
08:47You will help
08:48the science
08:49and gain 3 millions
08:50to be achieved.
08:52You can dare
08:53to offer
08:54a billet
08:55for the space.
08:56Explore
08:57space
08:58to meet
08:59space.
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