The international team of scientists have discovered something:
…a protected lunar “lava tube” — a deep, giant hole — that might be well suited for a moon colony or a lunar base.The vertical hole, in the volcanic Marius Hills region on the moon’s near side, is 213 feet wide and is estimated to be more than 260 feet deep, according to findings published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.
More important, the scientists say, the hole is protected from the moon’s harsh temperatures and meteorite strikes by a thin sheet of lava. That makes the tube a good candidate for further exploration or possible inhabitation, …
It took, what, 50,000 years* for humans to crawl out of caves and build deluxe apartments in the sky? Now these world scientists are saying we have to crawl back in a hole to step off this rock and start the Trek/Wars future we all long for?
Scientists love irony.
*We’re pretty sure that’s not the scientific number but you get the point.
(via CNN and someone’s tweet but we can’t recall whose.)
