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Lava tubes have been measured to be quite warm[0]. This study concludes that "Neither [regolith or PSRs can provide] a abundant long-term supply of carbon to su
by gene-h 4y ago
Lava tubes have been measured to be quite warm[0]. This study concludes that "Neither [regolith or PSRs can provide] a abundant long-term supply of carbon to support a sustainable human presence on the Moon"[1]
Although permanently shadowed craters are not very well understood.
[0]https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL099710 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL09...
[1]https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.13521.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.13521.pdf
- Vikerchu 4y agoDoesn't moon dust give you giga cancer? Well i guess its a cave...
- shagie 4y agoThe cave is to reduce the need for cosmic ray and micrometeoroid shelter (it's easier to build in a balloon in a cave than it is to build on the surface and fortify it). Moon dust is toxic and jagged ( https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/The_toxic_side_of_the_Moon https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Ex... and https://www.livescience.com/62590-moon-dust-bad-lungs-brain.html https://www.livescience.com/62590-moon-dust-bad-lungs-brain.... ). > In several lab tests, a single scoop of replica moon dust proved toxic enough to kill up to 90 percent of the lung and brain cells exposed to it.