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Caves of the Moon

Posted by Soulskill on from the and-the-horrors-that-lurk-within dept.

jeno passes along this excerpt from New Scientist: "A deep hole on the moon that could open into a vast underground tunnel has been found for the first time. The discovery strengthens evidence for subsurface, lava-carved channels that could shield future human colonists from space radiation and other hazards. ... The hole measures 65 meters across, and based on images taken at a variety of sun angles, the hole is thought to extend down at least 80 meters. It sits in the middle of a rille, suggesting the hole leads into a lava tube as wide as 370 meters across."

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  1. Re:Obviously... by CharlyFoxtrot · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't be silly, he won't be built for another couple of thousand years. We still have to turn the planet radioactive first.

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  2. Re:Just one question... by KDR_11k · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sure but the same could happen to your home. Events of that type are pretty rare and hell, if something can smash through solid rock it'll probably smash through the ceiling of your surface moonbase too.

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  3. Re:I love astronomy! by JohnFluxx · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would love to hear your simpler explanation. Any will do, since you have a bunch of them.

  4. Re:In other news: by rhyder128k · · Score: 2, Insightful

    M'ars

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  5. Re:Bin Laden? by mpe · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So they finally found out where Osama has been hiding....
    A cave on the moon!!! That bastard probably runs around calling it a "Death Star"

    Well that's one way to get a bigger budget for manned space exploration :)