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- From: jdahl@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jared Dahl)
- Subject: Re: Lunar "colony" reality check
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:54:48 GMT
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- In article <14NOV199214270653@judy.uh.edu>, wingo%cspara.decnet@Fedex.Msfc.Nasa.Gov writes:
- |>
- |> I like it. I like it. Yea we have looked at Lava tubes. I have some great
- |> pictures of lava tubes from Lunar Orbiter IV. This is a prime area for the
- |> Artemis rover missions to the moon. No one knows what is down there and in
- |> them. One of the Apollo missions visited a collapsed lave tube(Hadley Rille)
- |>
- |> Lave Tubes have been presented as a solution to the problem of a lunar habitat.
- |> We could just go into the tubes and block of the ends however far apart we
- |> wanted and seal em and set up shop. Would be kinda boring after a while but
- |> would be a good save haven from Solar flares. Lotsa possiblities on the moon
- |> what is lacking is will power to accomplish the task. Would'nt this be a lot
- |> more fun than war?
-
- Not cheaper though...
-
- What really needs to be done is more research. You don't just buy a
- house after you drive by it a few times. You go inside, look in the
- basement and attic, check it out for termites. We need to do the
- same thing on the moon. We need to start sending surveying missions
- to located mineral deposits and volatiles. Apollo taught us a lot
- about the moon, but it was hardly enough.
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