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Description: 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: 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 tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: 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: dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: scishowtangents.org Facebook: facebook.com/scishow Twitter: twitter.com/scishow Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: space.com/nasa-plans-artemis-moon-base-beyond-2024.html spectrum.ieee.org/china-aims-for-a-permanent-moon-base-in-the-2030s hakaimagazine.com/article-short/meals-keels sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite/items/the-chemical-composition-of-lunar-soil lpi.usra.edu/decadal/leag/DavidJLoftus.pdf theconversation.com/the-moons-top-layer-alone-has-enough-oxygen-to-sustain-8-billion-people-for-100-000-years-170013 sciencealert.com/scientists-have-figured-out-how-to-extract-oxygen-from-moon-dirt ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20040012725/downloads/20040012725.pdf nasa.gov/feature/nasa-australia-sign-agreement-to-add-rover-to-future-moon-mission exploration.esa.int/web/moon/-/59102-about-prospect exploration.esa.int/web/moon/-/60127-in-situ-resource-utilisation-demonstration-mission Image Sources: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buzz_Aldrin_by_Neil_Armstrong.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Apollo_17_Lunar_Roving_Vehicle.jpg nasa.gov/feature/sending-american-astronauts-to-moon-in-2024-nasa-accepts-challenge istockphoto.com/photo/healthy-food-assortment-of-organic-vegetables-and-fruits-with-legumes-gm1141484548-305830554 nasa.gov/feature/step-3-artemis-moon-missions-as-an-astronaut-testbed-for-mars commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inflatable_habitat_s89_20084.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_17_orange_soil.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_Astronaut%27s_Snapshot_of_the_Moon.jpg nasa.gov/feature/nasa-seeks-big-ideas-from-universities-to-solve-a-messy-problem istockphoto.com/vector/electrolysis-experimental-set-up-for-electrolysis-gm517845768-89688319 nasa.gov/feature/nasa-intuitive-machines-announce-landing-site-location-for-lunar-drill istockphoto.com/photo/molecular-structure-of-microcrystalline-molecular-model-gm1191237844-337985149 storyblocks.com/video/stock/oxygen-bubbles-in-water-on-a-blue-abstract-background-snjbb-w5dkhs6mfc0 youtube.com/watch?v=Ol7foiNEAXo&t=25s commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Future_Moon_base.jpg svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11756 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Concept_Mars_colony.jpg