The world will need ... 5 Earth to live

The results of the study of demographic and ecological experts show that if all the inhabitants of the world live up to American standards like the standard of living in 2012, the entire population on this planet will have to need 5 Earths.

Ecological imprint

The concept of "ecological imprint" is calculated according to the surface area of ​​the Earth used to meet human needs. If in 1900, the average "ecological imprint" of the Americans was about 1 ha of the Earth's surface, now, that figure is 9.6 ha.

If a person drinks an average of 5 cups of coffee a day, then indirectly uses the number of Earth's surface more than someone who drinks only 1 cup. Before turning into drinks, coffee plants had to be grown somewhere and coffee beans must go through the process of handling and transportation. This process has produced a lot of emissions . According to that calculation, the vegetarian "ecological imprint" is much smaller than the average person eating because a ton of food received from plants is only needed. 0.78 ha to produce compared with 2.1 ha of land to produce one ton of meat-processed food. A person who regularly travels by camel will have a lower "ecological imprint" than a car and food buyer in supermarkets.

So scientists have to think about migrating to other planets that have life in the universe and the first step is to go to the Moon.

The Moon is the ideal place to make trips

Moon mining plan

According to Mr. Igor Mitrofanov, a doctor of mathematical science, Head of the Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian scientists are designing and manufacturing exploration machines to install for the station. American Moon exploration "Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter" and will be launched into space. The Moon is the only cosmic object that is not only considered an object of scientific research but also an object of resource exploitation. By exploiting the Moon, humans will reach the high level of civilization without damaging the natural environment on Earth.

The Moon is also an ideal place to make trips to other planets in the universe. The spacecraft once started from the Moon will not need to overcome the strong suction force on Earth and do not have to overcome the dense atmosphere like around the Earth, so the launcher structure will be simpler. Also from here, humans will advance to conquer Mars. About 30-40 years, even after only 20 years, will be able to obtain observations placed on the Moon. After 100 years, will develop the industry on the Moon and build a cosmic airport on the Moon from which to go further into the universe.

In the direction of Moon mining, some countries such as the US, Russia, China and Japan have expected important milestones. Under the US plan, in 2014 the new shuttle spacecraft will complete its first flight to the Moon: 2020: New generation spacecraft will regularly fly to the Moon to build the first base on the this crystal lasts 4 - 5 years; 2024: the base on the Moon will work and people will settle here. The total cost of the US Moon mining program is over $ 100 billion.

According to Russia's plan, 2015 will put into use a multi-use shuttle to carry goods and will build a permanent station on the Moon; in 2020 Russia began to develop the moon mining industry, first of all to exploit the rare Heli-3 isotope. Russia's over-all purpose is to turn the International Space Station into a space port to transport and build bases on the Moon with the "Parom" space trajectory station .

Japan and China plan to build bases on the Moon around 2020. According to calculations by US and Russian scientists, there are over 500 million tons of Heli-3 on the Moon, enough to produce total energy. fusion for humanity for thousands of years.