A new study published in Nature proposes the first true evidence of an "accessible cave conduit" on the Moon, located beneath the Mare Tranquillitatis pit. A future...
“Permanent lunar colonies could soon become an attainable target for space agencies”
“Lunar cave systems have been proposed as great places to site future crewed bases, as the thick cave ceiling of rock is ideal to protect people and infrastructure from the wildly varying day-night lunar surface temperature variations and to block high energy radiation which bathes the lunar surface,” said Katherine Joy, professor in earth sciences at the University of Manchester. “However, we currently know very little about the underground structures below these pit entrances.”
In fact, we might be able live there.
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This is so exciting because it sounds doable. Unlike Mars, which is a tragedy awaiting the overconfident.
a tragedy awaiting the overconfidenta fun destination for billionaire excursions!We’ll let them work out the kinks first, you just gotta know how to sell it.
A tragedy awaiting the prisoner slaves we send there.
Australia 2.0!
i wonder if the craters ground has 5-15 meters of regolith too?