[Interview] How Much Water Will A Human Colony on Moon or Mars Need

How much water will a proper Moon base need? Where can we get it from? How can we manage and maintain the water? How will this approach work on Mars and beyond? Finding out the answers with Dr Jeffrey Lee.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Lee

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dX5MnbUAAAAJ&hl=en

📜 Water Management Considerations for a Self-Sustaining Moonbase

https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14100

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• 00:00 Intro

• 01:56 How much water do humans need

• 05:10 Additional water requirements

• 09:32 Extracting water from the regolith

• 15:49 Managing the water

• 23:38 What comes next

• 26:16 Going to Mars

• 32:07 Current obsessions

• 41:21 Final thoughts

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