newscientist.com - 10/24/2009
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Yes, a mission should be designed to send a remotely operated semi-autonomous crawler down there to map it. Would need to have a long-lasting power source though, that place could be huge. Might make more sense to send a squadron of smaller crawlers. A challenge certainly but it need not be ...
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Newly Discovered Hole On Moon Leads To Network Of Tubes [Space]
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... at least 260 feet deep and may lead to an underground tunnel more than 1,200 feet wide which is part of an entire network of such winding tubes. Scientists are hoping for clearer shots from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, but the impression so far is that such a tunnel network could provide shelter for astronauts or potential future Moon colonists. I just plain wonder if they could combine it with the recent discovery of water for one kickass underground waterpark. [New Scientist via Pop Sci]
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The Moon Is A Series Of Tubes
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... There is a hole in the moon, and it leads to an underground wonderland of tunnels and caves. If visions of a sprawling subterranean cave-colony on the moon just started flashing by your eyes, then you and I are thinking the same thing that NASA is. According to New Scientist (via ...
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