How Much Would it Cost to Live on the Moon?

Support Wendover Productions on Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/Wendover Productions Living on the moon would be very, very expensive, but let s take nine minutes to calculate just how expensive it would be. Youtube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Email: WendoverProductions@gmail.com Reddit: /u/WendoverProductions or http://www.reddit.com/r/wendoverproductions Big thanks to http://www.shutterstock.com for providing stock footage for this video. Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fX3rVRDX3nn2RYBUjqoLYfSoUZ_JDk1KFx63mlbjBnY/edit http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1969-059C http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1579/1 http://www.space.com/17556-giant-nasa-rocket-space-launch-cost.html http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/publications/usdafoodpatterns/estimatedcalorieneedsperdaytable.pdf http://www.actahort.org/books/952/952_73.htm http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/146558main_RecyclingEDA(final)%204_10_06.pdf Attributions Lunar greenhouse photos courtesy University of Arizona and used under fair use guidelines ISS videos courtesy NASA Photosynthesis photo courtesy Somepics Fuel module picture courtesy Idaho National Laboratory Mars Colonial Transporter photo courtesy https://michelresidence.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/mars-colonial-transporter/ and used under fair use guidelines “Moonlight Reprise) by Kai Engal