Would you want to live on the Moon (for a month or so)

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The Artemis missions have begun. Currently orbiting around the Moon. The aim is to have a space station orbiting around the Moon and habitable pods on the Moon. So you take a space rocket to the space station and then there's a lander to take you to the Moon. And back.

There's a plan to have a vehicle on the Moon so you can drive. 12 miles per day.

Would you be tempted?

www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/

No and i think we should leave the moon alone weve done enough damage to earth

No, I'd be terrified I couldn't get back to earth.
So not even a bit tempted.

No it’s a ridiculous idea. Why not fix the problems on this planet rather than starting a whole set of new ones somewhere else.

It amazes me that we are pissing about trying to live on the moon rather than design a device that fits in an industrial chimney to convert carbon into oxygen. I mean if trees can do it, come on! But I guess there's no money to be made in that.

Hopefully they've moved on since Apollo 13

The view would be great

If space travel wasn’t so taxing, I’d go in a heartbeat.

Yes I'd do it for all mankind.

And stay there where they couldn't find me, and read Sappho.

God no! There's a long list of people I'd like to send to the moon, but I won't be going there myself.

If I was on one of those missions, I would probably just spend a lot of the time looking out of the windows at the view and trying to spot things.

I don’t think you would, most of space is unimaginable darkness.
Would be cool to travel in style though, aboard the Enterprise.

I absolutely would. I’d go to space in a heartbeat. Spending time off the planet would be amazing! I don’t think I’d pass the fitness tests though.

The Star Ship Menopause, to boldly go where no man has gone before

Would be way too scared but I’d cheer you on and watch live TV of it 🙂

No! I hate outer space - just thinking about it fills me with horror.

I would. When I was young my ambition was to be the first woman on Mars.

There's still time!

Mars would obviously be amazing too. But I think the Moon is more of an achievable ambition for right now.

It's a nice idea in theory, but in reality I think it would involve long periods of boredom, a lot of safety checklists, and trying not to do anything which could cause you to die.

No internet?

Brilliant selection of "you may also like" threads here - like a mad free association game

A month is too long but given that I only go further than western Europe if I'm away for 2 weeks or more maybe a month is reasonable!

I always imagine I'd be able to "swim" back to Earth if I were ever stuck in space. I realise in reality that's an absolute impossibility but it feels like it should be possible 🤣

I absolutely would not... the thought of the g-force alone to get there makes me feel ill

This. 💯

I’ve more or less stopped long distance travel but I would make an exception for this. I would like to bring my dogs with me though.

No.
Aside from the fact there's children starving while we piss about in space, it would spark a massive existential crisis in me.