Why You Should Never Eat a Burger on the Moon
Summary
TLDRA humorous and adventurous story about someone on the Moon craving a burger from Earth. After realizing the high cost of delivery, they decide to build their own burger restaurant on the Moon using lunar resources. With help from an AI named RICO, they attempt to find water, power, and grow ingredients for a burger. However, challenges arise, from the difficulties of growing food on the Moon to the eventual inhalation of lunar dust. The video highlights the absurdity of the situation, blending humor with sci-fi elements.
Takeaways
- 🍔 The speaker humorously fantasizes about ordering a burger from Earth to be delivered to the Moon, despite the absurd cost and three-day wait.
- 🚀 The speaker decides to build a burger restaurant on the Moon, starting by gathering necessary resources such as water, power, and ingredients.
- 💧 They find water ice in a cold trap on the Moon, which is crucial for sustaining their Moon-based burger venture.
- ☀️ The speaker explores repurposing old Apollo mission artifacts, specifically solar panels, but finds that they're no longer usable.
- 🔥 The lack of an atmosphere on the Moon makes combustion impossible, which complicates efforts to cook food.
- 🌱 Growing food on the Moon proves difficult due to the harsh environment, including challenges with lunar soil and temperature extremes.
- 🥩 The AI assistant, RICO, informs the speaker that creating a full burger requires growing cows and chickens for ingredients like milk and eggs, which is far beyond the speaker's capabilities.
- 💡 Despite the challenges, the speaker is determined to create their own ingredients one step at a time, starting with basic components like wheat for the bun.
- 😵 The script ends on a grim note, as the speaker experiences asphyxiation due to inhaling lunar dust, leading to cardiac arrest.
- 📉 Overall, the project is portrayed as an ambitious but futile effort to build a burger restaurant on the Moon, with humorous commentary on the limitations of space life.
Q & A
Why does the protagonist decide to order a burger from Earth to the Moon?
-The protagonist craves a burger and, despite the impracticality and high cost of having it delivered from Earth, decides to order it for the experience and to entertain his audience.
What are some of the challenges the protagonist faces when trying to create a burger restaurant on the Moon?
-The protagonist faces numerous challenges including a lack of water, power, and atmosphere for combustion. He also has to contend with growing the necessary ingredients, which is nearly impossible due to the Moon's harsh environment.
How does the protagonist plan to source water on the Moon?
-The protagonist initially rejects the idea of recycling urine but eventually decides to collect water from cold traps near the lunar South Pole, where water ice is believed to exist.
What issue does the protagonist encounter with using Apollo 16 remnants for power?
-The remnants of the Apollo 16 mission, such as photovoltaic arrays, are not suitable for repurposing because they were engineered for specific mission objectives and were not designed to outlast the mission.
Why is combustion not possible on the Moon, according to the AI assistant RICO?
-Combustion is not possible on the Moon due to the lack of an atmosphere, which means there is no oxygen to support fire.
What does the protagonist learn about growing ingredients like wheat or raising livestock on the Moon?
-The protagonist learns that growing wheat or raising livestock like cows and chickens on the Moon is extremely difficult due to the lack of nutrients in lunar soil and the harsh environmental conditions.
What is the role of RICO in the protagonist's mission?
-RICO is the protagonist's AI assistant, helping with tasks such as finding water sources, identifying useful materials from lunar sites, and providing insights on the technical challenges of operating on the Moon.
What humorous element does the protagonist introduce about the history of lunar exploration?
-The protagonist humorously points out that astronauts have left literal waste, including feces, on the Moon, and jokes about the convenience of not having to bring it back to Earth.
What causes the protagonist's asphyxiation toward the end of the video?
-The protagonist inhales lunar dust, which causes microabrasions in his throat and leads to asphyxiation, eventually resulting in cardiac arrest.
What does the protagonist do to entertain his viewers while working on his lunar project?
-The protagonist engages viewers by creating content, sharing humorous observations about his situation, and building a lunar restaurant as a fun project, despite the challenges and impracticality.
Outlines
🌕 Moon Burger Delivery
The speaker expresses a craving for a fast food burger while on the Moon, noting the irony of its deliciousness despite being unhealthy. They decide to order a burger from Earth, only to find out the delivery charge is exorbitant and the estimated transit time is three days. To pass the time, they plan to build their own burger restaurant on the Moon, requiring water, power, and a 3D printer for construction. They consider collecting water from polar craters but settle on a nearby cold trap. They also contemplate using old equipment left by astronauts and solar panels from the Apollo 16 mission site for power. However, they're informed that combustion for cooking is impossible on the Moon due to the lack of atmosphere.
🌡️ Lunar Temperature Extremes
The speaker explains the harsh temperature fluctuations on the Moon due to the absence of an atmosphere, which causes water to sublimate and escape into space. They discover a cold trap where sunlight never hits, potentially preserving water ice. After collecting water, they return to their base to convert their habitat into a restaurant, which is costly and time-consuming. They also attempt to grow ingredients for the burger, such as lettuce and wheat for buns, but face the challenge of creating a controlled ecological system to support terrestrial livestock on the Moon.
🍔 The Lunar Burger Experience
The speaker receives their burger after a three-day wait, only to find it dry and difficult to swallow due to lunar dust causing microabrasions in their throat. They humorously acknowledge having eaten older food before but admit to the unique challenges of consuming a burger on the Moon. Despite the hardships, they manage to build a restaurant and enjoy their burger, albeit in a less than ideal condition.
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Keywords
💡Moon
💡Fast food
💡3D printer
💡Water ice
💡Agriculture
💡Solar power
💡Burger ingredients
💡Lunar dust
💡Apollo mission
💡Artificial ecosystems
Highlights
Fast food on Earth is delicious but unhealthy; the narrator craves a burger from the Moon.
The narrator plans to order a burger from Earth to be delivered to the Moon, but the delivery charge is astronomical, costing 236 million dollars and taking three days.
In a bold move, the narrator decides to build a burger restaurant on the Moon, despite the challenges.
Challenges arise, such as the need for water and power, leading the narrator to explore lunar cold traps for water ice.
The Moon lacks an atmosphere, which makes water management difficult due to sublimation.
The narrator manages to gather water ice from a cold trap, a critical step for the restaurant.
With water secured, the next challenge is power, leading the narrator to consider using a spaceship to power the restaurant.
The narrator starts 3D printing the restaurant but still faces the difficulty of growing food ingredients like lettuce and wheat.
The narrator humorously realizes the absurdity of trying to grow cows and chickens on the Moon for milk and eggs.
A significant obstacle is discovered when the narrator learns lunar soil lacks the nutrients necessary for plant growth.
Despite the setbacks, the narrator successfully builds the restaurant, though without fresh ingredients.
The long-awaited burger delivery from Earth arrives after three days, but the narrator acknowledges its dryness and age.
The story takes a darker turn when the narrator experiences throat pain due to inhaling lunar dust.
The narrator's health rapidly declines due to asphyxiation caused by the lunar dust, leading to an abrupt conclusion.
The humorous tone throughout contrasts with the grim reality of the narrator's condition at the end of the transcript.
Transcripts
You know what's the best thing about Earth?
Fast food!
I know it's not the healthiest option,
but if it's not so good for you,
why is it so delicious?
Well, I'm craving a burger now.
And there's only one problem.
I'm on the Moon, people.
Yeah, no restaurants here.
But that's not a problem,
because I'm going to order
the burger from Earth
and have it delivered to me
right here on the Moon.
No ketchup.
Gross.
236 million?!
What?!
The estimated transit
duration is three Earth days.
The delivery charge will be substantial
as it includes launch costs and mission operation.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it.
It's the most expensive burger
in the history of burgers.
Well, I guess we'll do it for the views.
And you can't, um, refund.
I already hit send.
Well, I'm not just
going to sit here and wait.
It takes three days to deliver.
I'm hungry now.
I'm planning on doing something
nobody has ever done before.
I'm going to build my own burger
restaurant on the Moon.
Wild, I know, but hear me out.
I only need a few things to get started.
Water, power, 3D printer for construction.
And then I just need to grow
all the burger ingredients.
RICO, what do you got for me?
You can collect and recycle your urine.
No, gross.
My data suggest
polar craters contain
significant amounts of water ice.
You should head to the South Pole.
Estimated travel time 115 hours.
And miss my delivery.
No way!
RICO, come on.
Give me another idea.
An alternative source of water ice
would be one of the cold traps
located nearby.
Perfect.
My scans indicate a cold trap
within the 90 km (55 mi) range
from your location.
Estimated travel time 5.4 hours.
Yes, now we're talking.
RICO, map me!
Fun fact.
Astronauts leave all
sorts of crap on the Moon,
including literal crap.
I mean, what do you think?
People just stopped pooping
when they left Earth?
Nah.
I mean, I get it.
Why would you want to take
all that crap home with you
when you can just dump it all here?
No one would know.
But this is great for me.
Might as well pick up
some of that old equipment
that astronauts left on the Moon.
As long as I don't
step in some literal frozen *CENSORED*.
RICO, are we close to one of the Apollo
landing sites?
Correct.
You have landed in proximity
to the Descartes's Highlands,
the designated landing site
for the Apollo 16 mission.
The site could have
remnants of photovoltaic arrays.
Just say solar panels, RICO.
Well, that's good for me.
Hopefully we can get those up.
You can't run a restaurant
without a little power.
Hope this ancient tech
still works, though.
Have you ever seen a lunar scrapyard?
It's not much of a yard,
but you get the idea.
RICO, do your scans see anything useful?
The technological remnants of the Apollo
16 site,
are not suitable for repurposing
to power your establishment.
These artifacts were engineered
for specific mission
objectives and were not designed
to outlast the mission.
Great.
Okay, well,
I'll just have to start a fire
to cook food, then.
Negative.
Combustion is impossible on the Moon.
The lack of an atmosphere
implies the absence of oxygen.
Right, right, right.
Okay, I get it. Fine, RICO.
Well, this has been a fun detour.
Let's at least not fail at getting water.
You have arrived.
Sweet.
So I made it to the cold trap.
It doesn’t look like much,
but it's a special little place.
Okay, so here's
what you need to know about the Moon.
It has no atmosphere.
No atmosphere means
no temperature control.
And no temperature control means
it gets real hot during the day
and super cold at night.
It's really inconvenient for me,
but it's even more inconvenient
for water, which sublimates, meaning
it goes directly from an ice
to a gas and escapes into space.
But right here in this spot,
the sunlight never directly hits
the surface,
which means water ice
might be nicely tucked in there
waiting for me to take it.
Damn, it's cold in here.
Got myself some iced water right here.
now I'm ready to make the trip
back to the base.
See you there.
Okay.
Still got time.
Okay.
Got water.
Need power next.
I'm gonna have to use my spaceship
to power this thing.
I've been on the Moon
for about a month
now, building a habitat here.
Of course, now I have to convert it to a restaurant.
This is costing me so much cash.
Burger delivery alone has wiped out
my entirety of my savings.
But if you guys like and subscribe,
I'm sure I can do more fun
projects like this.
All right. Gotta go.
This restaurant won't build itself.
Oh, still got 22 hours.
Great.
So it's been 38 hours of non-stop
3D printing and building,
and I think I'm getting there.
Sure, there's lots left to do.
I mean, the roof's not on,
but the power is connected,
and I was able to repurpose
most of my kitchen.
It's looking good.
Now, the fun part.
While my printer is finishing things up,
I'm going to grow some veggies and stuff.
RICO, give me a list of ingredients.
What I need to grow around here
to make this mouthwatering,
beefy perfection of a burger.
The ingredient list includes
a beef patty, lettuce, tomato,
onions, cheese, pickles,
mayonnaise, yellow mustard,
white vinegar and sesame seed bun.
Sourcing
these ingredients on the Moon
presents a highly ambitious
agricultural endeavor.
Not if you do one thing at a time.
Watch and learn.
I'm so pumped up.
I only have 22 hours
before my burger gets here.
And if I want to compare my lunar burger
to my favorite Earth burger,
there's no time to waste.
Time to grow some veggies.
How the hell am I going to grow
a cow in here?
This is ridiculous.
And what is mayonnaise?
How do you grow that?
Do you milk it from something?
I don't want to know.
You can start with lettuce,
the simplest ingredient
why don't I start with a bun?
Okay.
What's a bun made out of?
Wheat, right?
I can grow wheat.
Everybody grows wheat on Earth.
It's like the easiest thing.
The recipe formulation
for homestyle buns
necessitates the inclusion of
bovine-derived milk
and is subject to verification
for the presence of ovum products.
This requirement implicates the need
for controlled ecological system,
capable of supporting
terrestrial livestock
within the lunar environment.
I love it when you talk AI to me.
But just so our viewers are clear,
what exactly do I need to do?
You need to grow cows for milk production
and chicken for egg production.
Okay.
Hey, guys.
Chase here.
I never thought
I'd have to make this video.
Certainly not to you guys,
but it turns out
I have to admit something.
You can't grow anything on the Moon.
I didn't know this
going into this project,
and I just want you guys to know
that I really wanted to do this for you.
The, lunar soil
is just so rough with these, like,
tiny particles,
okay?
It's not my fault.
Like, it doesn't have any nutrients.
I did build a restaurant, though.
You know, and my burger is here,
nice and fresh.
Hey, guys.
Chase here.
You know, and my burger’s here.
Nice and fresh.
Well, sort of.
What?
It's a three-day-old burger.
Don't judge me.
You've eaten three-day-old food before.
And bit drier than usual.
Scratchy.
I don’t remember this much
knife pain in my throat since last time.
It appears
you have inhaled lunar dust,
which led to microabrasions
to your mucosal lining.
You are experiencing asphyxiation,
which will be followed by cardiac arrest.
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