[meteorite-list] Lunar Lava Tubes Could Protect Astronauts

From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 10:53:34 -0700
Message-ID: <cd653f445c6e67f146df6b825f15ac3a.squirrel_at_webmail.lpl.arizona.edu>

Sterling and Paul:

There were also two conferences (at least) on lunar habitats that
discussed the existence and use of lava tubes that were held in 1986 and
1988 (we were "designing" these in our education workshops in the early
90s). Heinlein wrote several books about underground lunar habitats (late
50s to early 60s), but not sure if any of them were actually mentioned to
be built in lava tubes.

> 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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