On top of the weaker pull of gravity, astronauts who live on the moon will also have to deal with lunar night. The space spot on the moon has two weeks per month where it faces away from the sun,. It's really difficult for basic technology to survive that let alone humans. And then there's a danger that maybe even scarier than radiation, weak gravity or the freezing cold, moon dust.
NASA’s Artemis mission is the first step toward a long-term human settlement on the moon. Vox’s Unexplainable examines whether humans are even capable of living far from Earth for an extended period of time.
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