Johnny Space Case: Living on Other Planets

Have you ever thought that in the future that we would live on other planets in our Solar System? With the current technology we have right now, we're stuck on Earth. But what about in the future? This is what this page will try to cover.

In order for us to live outside the borders of our Earth, we need to do several things.

### Create Air

As of right now, we can only go into space with space suits, and if you've ever wore one, they are heavy and not very flexible due to all of the hoses inside. If you were to live in a space colony, we would have to make our own air supply, and the kind of air supply that regenerates itself, something we can't do with the technology we have right now. But, in the future we could.

### Make our own food

With the technology we have right now, people who live in outer space have to rely on the freeze dried food supply they take with them on their expedition to space, it's a very expensive and an unsustainable manner, especially those on the International Space Station as they rely on supplies being brought to them by those on Earth. Being self sufficient is crucial if there's people living in a space colony. Perhaps in the future we will.

### Being aware of the environment

Another important factor of living on other Planets or moons is being aware of that planet's (or Moon's) environments as they can be far different from Earth's and thus a lot more difficult or even dangerous to deal with.

Okay, now let's check out where we can live if we had the technology to live beyond the Earth.

## The Moon

Now, first we will explore our own Moon. Because it's the closest thing to our Earth, and seems like the ideal place to set up a colony.

A few things you must take into account is that for one thing our Moon has no atmosphere, so no air to breathe, very little water, the soil is also not suitable for agriculture, so we couldn't grow plants, the soil itself is also quite abrasive, that means that it can leave nasty cuts on our bodies if we were to venture to the Lunar surface without a space suit. The Moon also has no Ozone or a Magnetic Field, meaning nothing to shield us from the Sun's Ultraviolet Rays, unlike on Earth where you can get a sunburn if you were to go outside without putting on sun cream, in space with unfiltered ultraviolet light, you could burn to death. We could place the colonies in one of the craters to shield us from the Moon dust and to better place the colonists.

## Mars

As depicted on a lot of movies that take place in the distant future is that we would colonize on Mars.

It takes more than a year to reach Mars with the current technology we have right now, Mars has a thin atmosphere that has no air plus, it's very cold on Mars so going outside without a space suit and you'll likely freeze to death. Mars also has no Ozone, so you could burn to death from the Sun's ultraviolet rays, the soil on Mars is also not suitable for growing plants plus, the high winds of the planet blows the dust into dust storms which seem to happen on Mars seasonally, and just like on the Moon, the soil is also very sharp which can cut you badly. Though, we could place the colonies in the many canyons on Mars (just like in some movies) where the Martian dust can't reach.

## Venus

How about the closest planet to Earth; Venus?

Well, we know that the surface of Venus is very hot (854°F) thanks in large part to its atmosphere which is thick in carbon dioxide, but Venus is also seismically active as it has huge rivers and even lakes of lava, Venusquakes happen quite often too, there's also a lot of pressure on the surface of Venus which can crush a human body flat, so it'll be impossible to build any kind of land colony on Venus. But what about in its atmosphere where the temperatures and air pressure are the same as on Earth, though we may have to watch out for sulfuric acid which is in the clouds above Venus.

## Other Planets and Moons

So, what about the other planets and moons that are in our Solar System? Well, it'll be impossible to build any kind of colony on the Gas Giants since they're more massive then the Earth and meaning they have more gravity, and not a lot of their moons are habitable either, though recently scientists have researched Saturn's moon; Enceladus with its hydrothermal activity may have created a habitable zone underneath its icy surface. Though, being habitable for humans remains largely unknown.

As of right now, it seems impossible to live on other planets especially due to the technology that is available. But, we could live in these worlds in the future.

Well, that'll do it for this page. Don't forget to check out my Games and Movies wikis too. Until next time, this is JohnnyOTGS signing out.