Can man still live on the moon after many years? Why?

On February 4, 65438, an official of NASA revealed for the first time that the United States plans to establish a lunar base in 2020 to carry out small-scale short-term migration of people on earth and complete permanent settlement within four years. According to the Associated Press and New York Post, according to the plan, the future moon base will be located at the south pole of the moon, because more solar energy and hydrogen can be obtained there. This will be the first step for mankind to resume manned space exploration in the solar system and prepare for landing on Mars in the future.

Return to the moon in 2020 and achieve permanent settlement within 4 years.

It is reported that this shocking space program was first disclosed by NASA officials at the second space exploration conference held in Houston, Texas on the 4th. According to the plan, NASA will start a small-scale moon landing around 2020. In the first four years, due to the limitation of energy and other materials, the lunar base can only receive astronauts for a short visit of one week. With the maturity of conditions, the acceptance time will be extended to six months until permanent residents are accepted.

NASA officials explained that the plan to build a lunar base is an important part of human exploration of Mars. In NASA's plan, the proposed lunar settlement will serve as a stopover for human beings to land on Mars, which can not only provide a safe refuge, but also provide enough hydrogen and oxygen to make water and provide rocket fuel. The media here commented that if this plan is implemented, it will be the first "return to the moon" after 1972 completed the "Apollo" feat on the moon.

The base is located in the "Antarctic", and in 2008, the probe "explored the road".

It is reported that in the landing plan of the American Apollo spacecraft in the 1960s and 1970s, the activities of astronauts were locked in the central area near the equator of the moon.

In contrast, according to NASA's 2020 plan, astronauts may choose to settle in the south pole of the moon. This is because you can enjoy the sunshine for 3/4 hours in a day and make full use of solar energy. Surgeons think there are more valuable resources, such as hydrogen and ice.

Before astronauts land on the moon, NASA will conduct a series of robot detection experiments in advance. The first step will be to launch a lunar orbiter in 2008. By then, the latter will shoot a large number of high-definition maps of the moon and undertake the arduous task of finding the best landing site, liquid water and other resources.

In order to realize the moon landing plan, NASA plans to use two magic weapons, namely the "pigsty" lunar probe and its supporting lunar rover.

Welcome international cooperation and share the development cost.

Although NASA has not released the concept map of the future lunar base, it has not released the economic budget of this grand plan. However, NASA welcomes non-governmental organizations and business groups from other countries to actively participate in cooperation and share the costs, and provide related accessories including power systems, living facilities and lunar travel tools. Scott Herzewitz, head of the lunar exploration team, said that the lunar polar station will be built according to scientific basis. He said: "We are very excited because we know nothing about the polar regions of the moon, just as we know nothing about Mars."

List of "Future Moon Residents"

At present, New York Post has initially selected five "future moon residents", namely, perris Hilton, heiress of Hilton Hotel, George pataki, governor of New York State who has been re-elected for three times, barbra streisand, a music superstar, Tom Cruise, a Hollywood superstar, and Mott Sakerman, a publishing and real estate giant in new york.

Lunar resources and lunar exploration

The moon is the only natural satellite of the earth and the closest celestial body to the earth. Its surface contains records of geological activities from 4.6 billion years ago to 3/kloc-0.0 billion years ago, which is of great significance for people to understand the origin and evolution history of the earth, the solar system and even the whole universe. It can be said that the moon is the best "specimen" to study the origin and evolution of the earth.

First of all, the moon: a huge treasure house of resources.

Exploring the moon has always been the ideal of mankind, not only because the moon is the natural satellite of the earth, but also because of its precious resources and the value of its position.

The moon is rich in mineral resources, and there are more rare metals on the moon than on the earth. The rocks widely distributed on the moon are rich in minerals such as titanium, iron, uranium, thorium, rare earth, magnesium, phosphorus, silicon, sodium, potassium, nickel, chromium, manganese, etc. Only the recoverable titanium in Yuehai basalt is at least 654.38+000 billion tons. There are three main kinds of rocks on the moon. The first is the Moon Sea Basalt rich in iron and titanium. The second is plagioclase, which is rich in potassium, rare earth and phosphorus, mainly distributed in the lunar highlands; The third type is mainly composed of 0. 1 ~ 1 mm debris particles. Moon rocks contain all the elements and about 60 minerals on the earth, 6 of which are not found on the earth.

The moon is extremely rich in mineral resources, and the most common element 17 on the earth is everywhere on the moon. Take iron for example. Only the sand 5 cm thick on the surface of the moon contains hundreds of millions of tons of iron, while the sand on the whole surface of the moon is 10 meter thick on average. The iron on the surface of the moon is not only extremely rich, but also convenient for mining and smelting. It is reported that the iron on the moon is mainly iron oxide, as long as oxygen and iron are separated; In addition, scientists have developed ways to make cement and glass from lunar soil and rocks. On the surface of the moon, the content of aluminum is also rich. Therefore, a large number of lunar resources can be obtained by using lunar processing resources, thus opening up new growth points for the sustainable development of human resources.

The soil of the moon is rich in the gas formed by the accumulation of solar wind particles, especially helium -3, which is an efficient fuel for controlling nuclear fusion power generation, but it is extremely rare on earth. Helium -3 is an efficient, clean and safe nuclear fusion fuel. The helium fusion of deuterium and helium -3 can be used as the energy source of nuclear power plants. This fusion does not produce neutrons, which is safe, pollution-free and easy to control. It can be used not only for ground nuclear power plants, but also for space navigation. It is reported that there are 1 10,000 to 5 million tons of helium -3 1 ton of helium -3 in the soil on the surface of the moon, which is enough to generate electricity.