Astronauts on the Moon could shelter from radiation, micrometeoroids and extreme temperatures inside a lava tube, and NASA is sending a suite called GIMLI to scan beneath the Marius Hills Pit to see whether the pit opens into one
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NASA plans to send a suite called GIMLI to scan beneath the Marius Hills Pit on the Moon to check whether the pit opens into a lava tube. Such a cavern could shelter future astronauts from radiation, micrometeoroids, and extreme temperatures.
Underground caverns could offer lunar explorers their first true shelter, if a buried tunnel system actually exists beneath the volcanic landscape where NASA is about to look. The post Astronauts on the Moon could shelter from radiation, micrometeoroids and extreme temperatures inside a lava tube, and NASA is sending a suite called GIMLI to scan beneath the Marius Hills Pit to see whether the pit opens into one appeared first on Space Daily .
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