When will we live on the Moon?

Its a fair question. Newt Gingrichs assininery notwithstanding, its worth considering carefully. While Im pretty sure that at some future date we will have a permanent human colony on the Moon perhaps even a thriving nation over time the more interesting bit to me is how something like this will come to be.

So when I was asked by the BBC to write an article for their blog called "Future", as part of a series called "Will We Ever?", the idea of humans living on the Moon seemed like a good topic. My thoughts on this are now up on their site: Will We Ever Live on the Moon? It outlines one possible path toward a lunar base, and its not necessarily the only one. But given recent developments and our current circumstances, the situation I describe in that article isnt unrealistic.

If we are to one day live on the Moon and I do seriously think we will this may be the way it happens. Give it a read and see if you agree!

Image credit: Small Artworks

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