Scientists Discover Habitable Caves On The Moon
"Lunar caves have remained a mystery for over 50 years. So it was exciting to be able to finally prove the existence" of one, Leonardo Carrer and Lorenzo Bruzzone of the University of Trento, wrote in an email to the Associated Press.
During NASA's Apollo program, 12 astronauts landed on the moon, beginning with Armstrong and Aldrin on July 20, 1969.
The findings suggest there could be hundreds of pits on the moon and thousands of lava tubes.
The Nature study said that the cave could be a "promising site for a lunar base, as it offers shelter from the harsh surface environment and could support long-term human exploration of the Moon."
However, building habitats from scratch would be more time-consuming and challenging, even when factoring in the potential need of reinforcing the cave walls to prevent a collapse, the team of researchers said.
British astronaut Helen Sharman told CBS partner BBC News that humans could shelter in lunar pits like this one in 20 to 30 years, but that they may need "jet packs or a lift" to get out due to the depth of the cave.
Rocks and other material inside these caves — unaltered by the harsh surface conditions over the eons — also can help scientists better understand how the moon evolved, especially involving its volcanic activity
I mean before we start looking into these moon caves we gotta reconsider what a Harvard study recently said about the moon.
They think there may be a moon base Aliens are using to fly UFOs at Earth. We should check out what's in these things before we start building shit.
I will say yeah that's def a horror movie. A cave on the moon would definitely be the spot where giant space spiders would eat astronauts. I mean making a space colony in the caverns of the moon would be pretty sick if it meant the survival of humanity. I am a proponent of not a hollow earth but a cavernous earth that may be housing a society of beings living alongside us. Like where are these UFOs coming from? Who knows maybe these caves are the beginning of some of our first space colonies that may end up outliving earth. The thing is these colonies are not going to be that cool at all. Realistically if they are going to make space colonies they are all going to be like huge malls like Vegas where everything is inside.
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