Moon Lava Tubes Could House Entire Cities
Japan’s space agency has discovered a potential human habitat on the moon that could be used to shelter astronauts from harmful radiation, extreme temperatures and meteorite showers. The shelter in the Marius Hills region is an intact lava tube—a naturally occurring channel that forms from solid crusts left behind by molten lava flows. “Intact lunar lava tubes offer a pristine environment to conduct scientific examination of the Moon’s composition and potentially serve as secure shelters for humans and instruments,” an abstract to a study ...
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