Archimedes,
Mare Imbrium,
Moon
9 December 2165,
Dear Suhas,
A long time since we last met! I was hoping you were doing well, my earthbound cousin. I certainly was fascinated by your lifestyle. Your daily routine of sleeping, eating, working, and sleeping again isn’t very captivating, but still fun in its own way. After a good thought, I decided to write how different we live from each other—me on the Moon and you on the Earth!
Initially, I would like to start by speaking about the civilization here. Almost two centuries back, when humans first landed on the Lunar, oxygen was found inside regolith. This meant we couldn’t breathe directly. But now, the technology has developed so much that apparatuses do the job of extracting oxygen. The process of molten salt electrolysis has become so quick that you don’t even get the feeling that there is no oxygen in the atmosphere!
One more thing that is worth sharing is the problem of water. Sahara desert itself had 100 times more water than the whole Lunar surface. But man, past scientists missed one key point—there was water present in the craters of the Moon. Not ‘on’ the craters, but ‘in’ the craters. Water was found after researchers dug as deep as a kilometer into the lunar impact craters. And now we have enough water to serve at least a dozen billion people!
Let me also remark on how I spend my day. As you know, one day on Earth is equal to twenty-nine days on the Moon. So I can finish most of my work in one day, the same for which you take a month! It gets more fascinating when you know that the period between sunrise and sunset on the Lunar is twenty-four days. Interesting, ain’t it? Well, this is not all. Now that you’re coming to visit me during the vacation, you ought to know a lot more about the lifestyle of people here.
Let me start by telling the daily routine of most inhabitants. There is one big difference between living on the Earth and the Moon: you need to drink a ton of water. The temperature in the daytime is around 100° Celsius. As there is no water scarcity after the improved advancement, the problem we face is being ‘alive’ in such an environment. A human body can’t bear too much heat. Therefore, scientists invented a new outfit: “Expanse Garbs”.
These special suits give out cool air during the daytime and hot air during the night. Cool and hot enough for humans to survive. There aren’t really any other living creatures on the Moon except some pets, but even if any are found, the expanse garbs are capable of protecting the human body from it. The wondrous thing about these garbs is that it needs no one to control it. It knows its purpose and functions by itself.
One other difference you should know is that people here take one-hour power naps every few hours to work for a long time. This is what keeps us going throughout the day. Communication and transportation is very rapid and easy, every bit of it designed by Artificial Intelligence. The occupation of people here is just the same as yours on Earth. However, a lot of works like agriculture and farming are excluded as food is made artificially with certain bacteria. Most professions deal with IT and AI. Finally, the best thing about living on the Moon is the pleasure of going to sleep at the end of the day!
Hoping you will come soon and that we can enjoy ourselves here. Will be waiting!
Yours lovingly,
Praneeth
This was my entry for the NSSC “Letters from the Moon” essay-writing contest conducted by IIT Kharagpur from 8th – 10th December 2021.
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