Thursday, April 2, 2015

Lunar Lava Tubes

A new study by researchers at Purdue University finds that lava tubes on the Moon, which can be several miles wide in the low gravity, could be excellent locations for lunar cities.

Such underground tubes, cut by flowing lava early in lunar history, would protect colonists from incoming radiation, meteoritic impacts, and the extreme temperatures of the lunar day/night cycle.

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