Futureproof Extra: Will we soon be living on the moon?

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

English - February 21, 2023 07:30 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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How far away are we from actually inhabiting the Moon?

Professor Mahesh Anand, Open University Professor in Planetary Science and Exploration, has been among those testing lunar rocks to see if we can both extract and produce water up there.

He joins Jonathan to discuss this as well as the primary challenges currently preventing us from making the lunar surface our home.