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Europe Wants Ideas for Cave-Spelunking Moon Robots. Here's How You Can Help!
space.com ^ | 2019-09-15 | Elizabeth Howell

Posted on 09/15/2019 3:42:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin

As NASA makes a big push to land humans on the moon's surface by 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA) wants to learn more about the lunar caves that lie beneath.

"Exploring and mapping these tubes could provide new information about the moon's geology, but they could also be an interesting option as long-term shelter for future human visitors to the moon," Franceso Sauro, director of ESA's Pangaea planetary geology astronaut training, said in a statement. "They would shield astronauts from cosmic radiation and micrometeorites and possibly provide access to icy water and other resources trapped underground."

The missions have several scientific objectives associated with them, ESA explained. Future explorers would not only need to access, navigate and map the caves, but may use other resources. Some possible ideas include establishing communications between the cave and "the outside world," ESA said, while others involve instruments that could take measurements of the environment of the cave.

(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: cave; esa; eu; moon; robots
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1 posted on 09/15/2019 3:42:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Darksheare

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2 posted on 09/15/2019 3:50:25 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: BenLurkin

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3 posted on 09/15/2019 3:53:10 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: TigersEye

I’d say they’re on the right track.


4 posted on 09/15/2019 3:54:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Rebelbase; Darksheare

5 posted on 09/15/2019 3:55:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Looking for homes for the cave dwellers who live amongst them now?


6 posted on 09/15/2019 3:59:18 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: BenLurkin

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To: Mastador1

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8 posted on 09/15/2019 4:06:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

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10 posted on 09/15/2019 4:13:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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11 posted on 09/15/2019 5:44:08 PM PDT by onyx
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To: BenLurkin
Well here's a couple of ideas...
12 posted on 09/15/2019 5:47:03 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: 1FreeAmerican

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13 posted on 09/15/2019 5:47:32 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: 1FreeAmerican
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14 posted on 09/15/2019 5:50:27 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: BenLurkin

15 posted on 09/15/2019 5:51:53 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

16 posted on 09/15/2019 6:16:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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