Underground caves do exist on the Moon, radar observations confirm
Underground caves do exist on the Moon, radar observations confirm
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"
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This is great even from the standpoint of wanting to go to Mars since it means setting up camp in a cave is now possible to try out much closer to home first. Kinda like sleeping in a tent in your backyard first. Makes the moon that much more exciting to know there's caves too.
Moon has different challenges though. One being no erosion, moon dust is abrasive af.
Yea, like a giant pile of statically charged asbestos that are hard to clean away.
So, together it sounds like you guys are saying that moon dust is "coarse and rough and irritating… and it gets everywhere."
dammit
The OG moonwalker
They've found hitting it with microwaves sinters it together pretty readily, so that would be the likely way they'd deal with it. Apparently also an effective way of making bricks out of it!
Listen, I've been in an asteroid's cave in Outer Wilds and I didn't fucking like it.
Hey, at least there aren't any fish there, right? 😅