Can Moon Colonies Get Oxygen From the...Moon?

This episode is sponsored by Wren, a website where you calculate your carbon footprint. Sign up to make a monthly contribution to offset your carbon footprint or support rainforest protection projects: https://www.wren.co/start/scishowspace As we look towards longer missions to the Moon, the shear amount of resources needed to survive becomes a much bigger question. Without space semi-trucks to haul life-giving resources to astronauts, can we utilize the Moon’s barren landscape to help us breathe? Hosted By: Reid Reimers SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet, Jason A Saslow! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.space.com/nasa-plans-artemis-moon-base-beyond-2024.html https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-aims-for-a-permanent-moon-base-in-the-2030s https://hakaimagazine.com/article-short/meals-keels/ https://sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite/items/the-chemical-composition-of-lunar-soil/ https://www.lpi.usra.edu/decadal/leag/DavidJLoftus.pdf https://theconversation.com/the-moons-top-layer-alone-has-enough-oxygen-to-sustain-8-billion-people-for-100-000-years-170013 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-figured-out-how-to-extract-oxygen-from-moon-dirt https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20040012725/downloads/20040012725.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-australia-sign-agreement-to-add-rover-to-future-moon-mission https://exploration.esa.int/web/moon/-/59102-about-prospect https://exploration.esa.int/web/moon/-/60127-in-situ-resource-utilisation-demonstration-mission Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buzz_Aldrin_by_Neil_Armstrong.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Apollo_17_Lunar_Roving_Vehicle.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/feature/sending-american-astronauts-to-moon-in-2024-nasa-accepts-challenge/ https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/healthy-food-assortment-of-organic-vegetables-and-fruits-with-legumes-gm1141484548-305830554 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/step-3-artemis-moon-missions-as-an-astronaut-testbed-for-mars https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inflatable_habitat_s89_20084.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_17_orange_soil.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_Astronaut%27s_Snapshot_of_the_Moon.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-seeks-big-ideas-from-universities-to-solve-a-messy-problem https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/electrolysis-experimental-set-up-for-electrolysis-gm517845768-89688319 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-intuitive-machines-announce-landing-site-location-for-lunar-drill https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/molecular-structure-of-microcrystalline-molecular-model-gm1191237844-337985149 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/oxygen-bubbles-in-water-on-a-blue-abstract-background-snjbb-w5dkhs6mfc0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol7foiNEAXo&t=25s https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Future_Moon_base.jpg https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11756 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Concept_Mars_colony.jpg