Arrgh Matey, Water on the Moon
The 10th Annual Pete Knight Youth Exploring Astronomy Essay Contest
By Aracely Valencia
Cottonwood Elementary
It has always been the dream of scientists to be able to live somewhere else in case all of the natural resources on Earth no longer exist. Now that water has been found on the moon, this dream is looking like it can actually become a reality.
Water is crucial for everyone and everything to prosper .We have sent astronauts to the moon, created an international space center in space, and sent probes to other planets. The next step for the space program is to establish a place for humans to possibly live on the moon.
Before scientists are able to create a place for humans to live in, we need to send astronauts back to the moon. By sending astronauts back to the moon, they will be able to test the water and make sure it is clean, that there is enough to support life on the moon, and that the water is easy to access. After they have determined that the water is clean, abundant, and easy to access, the scientists will need to plan how they will build a living environment on the moon.
The moon can't support life; because of this an artificial environment will need to be created. A giant dome would be the best design for this environment. Since it would be too hard to build this dome and then send it to the moon, this dome will need to be built on the moon. The dome should be made out of a crystal clear material so that the people who will live in it will be able to get a view of Earth and all the planets and stars. The dome will have to be big enough to fit homes, hospitals, laboratories, schools and factories for the people to live, work, and study. Since it is likely that some people will want to come back to Earth, space docks will need to be created as well. Once the giant dome on the moon is built to be able to support life, scientists should bring soil from the earth to the moon so they will be able to start to grow botanical gardens so that there will be plenty of oxygen in the dome for plants, animals, and for humans. The giant dome will have to have a climate control because the temperature of the moon is too cold for humans, animals, or plants to survive.
Living on the moon will be a lot of hard work, but nobody said achieving your dreams was easy. Besides, if scientists really wanted this, they wouldn't care how hard it is to achieve. They waited years learning from their mistakes, to create spaceships and to make amazing discoveries. Finding water on the moon took over 40 years and however many years it takes to create this giant dome, we will wait and be proud of the discoveries scientists make. I believe scientists will discover many more things about the moon once we live there.