Why can't humans live on Pluto?

Answer 1

This is a write-up i had to do for school on why we shouldn't live on pluto, even if we had the technology to. hope it helps :) WHY NOT TO LIVE ON PLUTO In my opinion, people should not live on Pluto. There are many reasons for why I think this, a few of them being the size, the temperature, the light, and the food. Pluto is so small, that if people were to colonize it, there would be no space! People wouldn't be able to have their own yard (not that they'd want one on Pluto) and everyone would be very cramped up. Now, you might say, well not everyone from Earth is going to live on Pluto. But, although this is true, it is most likely that the majority of people will go live on Pluto. This is because it is new, and adventure, and everyone would think it was great, so everyone would go there. And then everyone would be disappointed because they wouldn't be able to walk without running into someone. The next problem is the temperature. Although we may have the technology to live on Pluto, it doesn't mean that the technology would be ideal. For example, would you like to wear a space suit everyday? You would have no choice of what to wear, and it would be a pain having to go to the washroom! Plus, to keep our houses warm, we would have to use an enormous amount of energy to even get our houses to freezing point! Think of all the pollution! Our Earth has gotten polluted from only using our heaters in certain countries, at certain times of years. Think about how much pollution there would be if every house had its heater on everyday cranked up 1000 times the amount that it usually is! Some people would say, you could use a better type of energy, for example, solar energy. The problem with that is, there is no sunlight on Pluto! Pluto would be so incredibly dark, that there is no way you could get any sunlight to heat up your home with. Which leads me on to the next problem. There is no natural light on Pluto. It is so far away from the sun that it barely gets any of the Sun's heat, or light. Again, there would be a problem with the electricity. Not only would we have to light our homes, we would most likely need to light the streets! Otherwise, we would just live in the dark, we wouldn't be able to see outside, and there would be no walking the dog, going for a run, playing hockey on the street, or anything like that, because we wouldn't be able to see. All outdoor sports would be finished. It is possible though, that you could use technology to build huge lights that would light up great amounts of space outside. But, think of how much energy that would use! And you wouldn't be able to get it from any hydro lines, because there is no water, rivers, or waterfalls. Also, there would be no fossil fuels, because there are no plants or animals discovered that have lived on Pluto, to fossilize. The only possible source of energy is wind, but that is very select, because what if it wasn't windy? You wouldn't be able to see. So you could only go outside on windy days. And, that's a bit unfortunate, because windy days on Pluto are VERY windy., so would you really want to be inside anyways? Therefore, having no light would be a serious issue with living on Pluto. The last issue would be the food. Obviously fruits and vegetables would not be able to be grown on Pluto. Also, unless animals were somehow shipped to Pluto, and were kept in a heated building, we would also have no meat. Therefore, the only way to get food to people living on Pluto would be to take it by a spaceship. This would be kind of hard, considering it takes many years to get there, and all the food would go bad in a couple of days. This means the only food we would really be able to eat would be canned items that won't go bad too fast, like canned pasta, beans, or packaged foods like dry pasta, and chocolate. Therefore, we would not be getting a variety of food and would become unhealthy fairly quickly. Also, what would we drink? There is no water on Pluto, and milk goes bad really easily. So, the only thing we could do would be to ship soda and pop across the universe, and that is not healthy! So therefore, people living on Pluto would get no nutritional food. These are the reasons that people SHOULD NOT live on Pluto.

Answer 2

Humans cannot live on Pluto because it is a small, icy dwarf planet located far from the Sun. Its extremely low temperatures, averaging around -375 degrees Fahrenheit (-225 degrees Celsius), make it inhospitable for human life. Additionally, Pluto lacks a substantial atmosphere to support breathable air and protect against harmful solar radiation.