The Great Lunar Boom: Building a Civilization on the Moon

The Moon isn’t a stepping stone—it’s the foundation. Discover how industry, logistics, and self-building machines could turn Luna into humanity’s first off-world civilization.

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The Great Lunar Boom: Building a Civilization on the Moon

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Music Courtesy of Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie

Graphics from: Anthrofuturism, Apogii.uk, Jeremy Jozwik, Sergio Botero

Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

Chapters

0:00 Intro

2:26 Earth’s Eighth Continent

5:11 The Machine That Builds the Machine

10:20 The Cislunar Economic Sphere

12:48 Throwing Cargo into Space

15:23 From Industry to Cities

18:24 Beyond Survival: Shaping the Moon

21:21 Space Industry

22:33 The Moon as a Civilization

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