In spite of the risks, NASA hasn’t wasted any time in making plans to set up camp on the moon. The space agency is eyeing a parcel of land near the lunar south pole (where there’s constant daylight) for a moon base. In addition to a possible wealth of helium-3 or hydrogen fuel, the moon would be an ideal place to build a telescope or a launch pad to explore the solar system (with less gravity to overcome, the escape velocity for spaceships is significantly lower). Until the age of moon colonies finally arrives, however, you’ll just have to make do with a nightly view of Earth’s small, constant companion.