A Modest Thesis on Moonball
Billions of people will want to watch professional athletes playing sports on the moon.
A successful event or sports franchise could fund economically sustainable human habitation by 2035.
MoonBall
Televised sporting events can generate billions in revenues..
Who knows what kind of incredible games we could play
On the Moon, an athlete can jump 6 times higher than the Earth —
and, they can stay aloft for 4 seconds.
Clearly, Moonball will require some truly awesome shoes
We won’t need space suits…
Massive Moonball arenas can be inflated inside existing moon caves.
The thick rock protects humans from the radiation on the surface of the moon
Moon caves can be huge. One cave is known to be bigger than a city of 20 km²
Back when the moon was a cooling ball of lava, underground lava flows created Lava Tubes
Lava tubes can support human habitation on the Moon.
Cave men again?
Proposal to develop plausible construction approaches for underground moon habitation.
Notes
Some of the biggest caves on the moon were formed from lava tubes.
Lava tubes are also common on Earth. On the moon, they can be much larger, because there is less gravity
What will it
be like?
With velcro and springy toes for traction and release
“Excuse me, Sir, do you watch professional sports?”
-- “Well, yeah, I watch basketball and hockey. Why do you ask?”
“I’d like to know whether you’d watch sports that were televised from the moon?”
-- “Huh? What’s that now?”
“That is, professional sports that were played on the moon. Would you watch those?”
-- “Oh! Oh yeah, absolutely. Are you serious?”
There are thousands of natural caves on the moon. These could provide shelter from the intense radiation on the surface.
4.5 billion years ago, the planet Theia crashed into the Earth.
Theia was vaporized.
The moon was born when this molten lava ball cooled down in outer space.
Scientists have discovered many cave systems on the moon
And there are plans to explore
Orange stars indicate mare or highland pits, and blue dots indicate craters with impact melt pits. 50° lines mark PitScan's search range.
On the moon, we fall at 1.62 meters per second squared.