What would it be like to live on the moon? - Alex Gendler

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What would it be like to live on the moon? - Alex Gendler with tags ted, ted-ed, ted education, teded, ted ed, alex gendler, allen laseter, moon, moon camp, european space agency, colony, nasa, camp, challenge, live

This video was made in partnership with the Airbus Foundation. Find out more about their work here: http://bit.ly/2M262NFView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-would-it-be-like-to-live-on-the-moon-alex-gendlerThe European Space Agency is hoping to establish an inhabited research base on the moon by the 2020s. But living in this "moon camp" wont be easy. How will humans deal with the cosmic radiation? What will the inhabitants eat? And what's the point, anyway? Alex Gendler details the challenges and benefits of building a lunar colony.Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Allen Laseter.Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Rishi Pasham, Jhuval , SookKwan Loong, Daniel Day, Nick Johnson, Bruno Pinho, Javier Aldavaz, Rodrigo Carballo, Marc Veale, Boytsov Ilya, Bozhidar Karaargirov, maxi kobi einy, Misaki Sato, Craig Sheldon, Andrew Bosco, Catherine Sverko, Nik Maier, Mark Morris, Tams Drvai, Adi V, Peter Liu, Leora Allen, Hiroshi Uchiyama, Michal Salman, Julie Cummings-Debrot, Gilly , Ka-Hei Law, Maya Toll, Aleksandar Srbinovski, Ricardo Rendon Cepeda, Renhe Ji, Andrs Melo Gmez, Tim Leistikow, Moonlight , Shawar Khan, Chris, Megan Douglas, Barbara Smalley, Filip Dabrowski, Joe Giamartino, Clair Chen, Vik Nagjee, Karen Goepen-Wee, Della Palacios, Bryan Blankenburg, Bah Becerra, Stephanie Perozo, Marc Bilodeau, Ruby Solorzano, and Ivan Tsenov.