There is a historical myth that in 1945 Stalin proposed to the leaders of the victorious countries in World War II to divide the lands of the Moon. It was the 50s that are considered to be the beginning of the lunar race, which lasted a century and a half. But what is the true story of satellite colonization? This article will talk about the lunar slave trade, the energy race for control of helium-3, antibiotic hunger and the paradox of the vector form of life. We will try to highlight the main events of the colonization of the Moon and answer the most important question: what should we do next?