For many years scientists have tried to understand whether the dark crater pit on the surface of the natural satellite of the Earth entrance in a network of underground caves that millions of years ago was filled with lava. Finally, researchers from Japan and the United States came to the conclusion that it is true. Under the lunar surface there is a huge cavity. And this, in turn, is a great place for settlement construction in the lunar colonists.
A new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, focuses on several giant pits, located near the region of the Marius Hills on the moon’s surface. As it turned out, this hole, through which once flowed hot lava. And this, in turn, proves that inside the moon must be maintained ancient caves, which are quite suitable in order to build the first lunar base. To leave expensive equipment and live on the surface of the satellite, are not protected by the atmosphere from a variety of space radiation, is very risky. Therefore caves can be a great option.
Uncover the mystery of the tunnels managed through the joint efforts of space agencies NASA and JAXA. They carefully studied a vast amount of data obtained about the region of the lunar surface, and came to the only right conclusion: the cave do exist. The study mostly relied on data obtained from the Japanese SELENE spacecraft, which was launched into lunar orbit in 2007. With a powerful radar camera carefully probed the surface of the satellite, that was how we managed to find the entrance to the cave.
Scientists have found the perfect place to build underground colonies on the moon
Sergey Grey