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# Presentation: Why aren’t we living on the Moon already?
- URL: https://jatan.space/talk-why-arent-we-living-on-the-moon-already/
- Published: 2020-11-02T12:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-24T10:30:37.000Z
- Author: Jatan Mehta

This is a [tightened version of the talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ-kupCLxT0) I gave for [Chai and Why](https://www.youtube.com/user/chaiandwhy/videos), a series of popular science talks organized by [Arnab Bhattacharya](https://twitter.com/tifrarnab), a scientist and a science communicator based out of India.

**Talk Description:** It’s been 50 years since humans landed on the Moon, so why haven’t we established a human settlement there already? The answer lies in water. Chandrayaan 1 made headlines by [discovering water on the Moon](https://jatan.space/how-nasa-and-chandrayaan-discovered-water-on-the-moon/). But do we have the technology to extract it? Is there enough water to power human settlements? Chandrayaan 2 and NASA are [finding out](https://jatan.space/ultimate-guide-to-water-on-the-moon/)! Every so often there is a discovery of water on some part of the moon, what’s the deal with that? Let’s discuss the technological roadblocks that keep us from living on the Moon and beyond!

**Talk Chapters:**

- 02:11 – Talk intro
- 08:19 – Locations of past Moon landing missions
- 11:07 – What’s so special about the polar regions on the Moon?
- 15:28 – All about that water on the Moon
- 26:13 – How much water is there on the Moon exactly?
- 28:37 – Challenges in tapping the Moon water
- 38:11 – Q&A Brief

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