[meteorite-list] Lunar Lava Tubes Could Protect Astronauts

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 11:02:34 -0500
Message-ID: <93341.57300.bm_at_smtp111.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Paul, List,

The earliest references on the
Marius Hills lava tubes go back
to 1971-2. See the references in:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_lava_tube

Then, there was a quiet among
publications; one in 1992, but
then after 2000, a flurry of lava
tube publications, as you can see
in the bibliography of the above.

A great picture of lunar lava
tubes at:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Lunar_collapse_pits.jpg

2014 saw a raft of publications
on Martian lava tubes; see the
bibliography in this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_lava_tube

Few earlier papers but this great
photo shows Martian lava tubes:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9220-lava-tubes-snapped-snaking-acros
s-mars/
It was taken by Mars Express in
2004 but only released this week.
Yup! That's the ticket --- sit on
your data... for a decade.

The surface radiation on Mars
isn't as bad as on the Moon, but
humans still need protection
from it, especially if you intend
to stay on Mars for long.

And last, a remarkable look into
a lava tube on Earth, seen as a
Martian analogue, with lots of
photos:
https://walking-on-red-dust.com/2016/01/19/the-cave/

I'm going to say "remarkable"
again.

And giving credit, the novelist Kim
Stanley Robinson set much of the
second book of his Martian Trilogy,
"Green Mars," written in 1994, in
Dorsa Brevia, the dorsae being
believed to be Martian lava tubes.

Sterling Webb
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Lunar Shelter: Moon Caves Could Protect Astronauts By Nola Taylor Redd,
Space.com http://www.space.com/32795-moon-lava-tubes-protect-astronauts.html

Scientists May Have Spotted Buried Lava Tubes on the Moon by Nadia Drake ,
No Place Like Home (Blog)
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/25/scientists-may-have-spott
ed-buried-lava-tubes-on-the-moon/

Marius Hills Pit - Lava Tube Skylight?
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera
NAC M114328462R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]
http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/202

The Marius Hills pit is a possible skylight in a lava tube in an ancient
volcanic region of the Moon called the Marius Hills. This LROC image is the
highest resolution image of the pit to date. Image width is 500 meters,
pixel width is 0.5 meters, NAC M114328462R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State
University]
http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/uploads/LROCiotw/M114328462R_thumb.png

Theoretical study suggests huge lava tubes could exist on moon, University
of Perdue,
http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2015/Q1/theoretical-study-suggests-h
uge-lava-tubes-could-exist-on-moon.html

Yours,

Paul H.

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