Question:
How and what will we need to make another planet/moon inhabitable for humans?
Answer:
As human beings we need air, water and protection from radiation together with a lot of other things, read more here: https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/what-makes-a-planet-habitable.html Astronomers have found a few planets that maybe could provide this: https://qz.com/1117466/nasa-has-found-another-20-promising-planets-for-humans-to-colonize/
Otherwise we would have to create these conditions ourselves. This is a process called terraforming, read more here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/terraforming-101-mars-habitable-planet/
Read more about living in space here:
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/05/could-we-live-on-mars
https://www.space.com/28355-living-on-other-planets.html
Otherwise we would have to create these conditions ourselves. This is a process called terraforming, read more here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/terraforming-101-mars-habitable-planet/
Read more about living in space here:
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/05/could-we-live-on-mars
https://www.space.com/28355-living-on-other-planets.html
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