Indeed you did.DeathNote said:Why are you directing our attention to hole and what is this picture for? The pun? Well, I just answered my own question.
How do you feel about that?
Indeed you did.DeathNote said:Why are you directing our attention to hole and what is this picture for? The pun? Well, I just answered my own question.
EhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhZhuk said:Moon tunnels found, now all they need to do is find the alien bases that are on the dark side.
That's one of the laziest instances of free association picture posting I've ever seen.Solideliquid said:
Hey, I enjoyed looking at the concentric circles!Dan said:That's one of the laziest instances of free association picture posting I've ever seen.
I don't know, I'm laughing after seeing the Doug relation.Pandaman said:Indeed you did.
How do you feel about that?
It is the male way of life.wmat said:Man is so easy to manipulate :lol
THERE IS A HOLE. WE MUST GO INTO IT.
I <3 Memes said:http://i36.tinypic.com/a4qxon.jpg[IMG]
I don't think were welcome.[/QUOTE]We're are you going with this joke? Where you trying to imply that humanity is falling for a trap or a prank? Were not that easily fooled, mang.
Tyrant_Onion said:It leads into an alien drug laboratory where they make drugs from humans! :lol
TheFallen said:
-COOLIO- said:i have the urge to penetrate it
Cohsae said:It is the male way of life.
deadbeef said:We have the technology.
Firsties.DMczaf said:We're comin for you, Moon Bitches!
Dan said:That's one of the laziest instances of free association picture posting I've ever seen.
The Take Out Bandit said:Start the reactor Quaid!
Starrrrrrrrt the reactor!
Shit, wrong planet.
:lolfistfulofmetal said:That's no moon.
Lebron said:Why do you want us to nuke the moon? Do you people not know of the rabbit that lives there? We would be wise not to anger him.
Houston: Among the large headlines concerning Apollo this morning there's one asking that you watch for a lovely girl with a big rabbit. An ancient legend says a beautiful Chinese girl called Chang-o has been living there for 4000 years. It seems she was banished to the moon because she stole the pill for immortality from her husband. You might also look for her companion, a large Chinese rabbit, who is easy to spot since he is only standing on his hind feet in the shade of a cinnamon tree. The name of the rabbit is not recorded.
Michael Collins: Okay, we'll keep a close eye for the bunny girl.
CNN) -- Building a home near a moon crater or a lunar sea may sound nice, but moon colonists might have a much better chance of survival if they just lived in a hole.
That's the message sent by an international team of scientists who say they've discovered a protected lunar "lava tube" -- a deep, giant hole -- that might be well suited for a moon colony or a lunar base.
The vertical hole, in the volcanic Marius Hills region on the moon's near side, is 213 feet wide and is estimated to be more than 260 feet deep, according to findings published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.
More important, the scientists say, the hole is protected from the moon's harsh temperatures and meteorite strikes by a thin sheet of lava. That makes the tube a good candidate for further exploration or possible inhabitation, the article says.
"Lunar lava tubes are a potentially important location for a future lunar base, whether for local exploration and development, or as an outpost to serve exploration beyond the Moon," writes the team, led by Junichi Haruyama, a senior researcher with the Japanese space agency JAXA.
"Any intact lava tube could serve as a shelter from the severe environment of the lunar surface, with its meteorite impacts, high-energy UV radiation and energetic particles, and extreme diurnal temperature variations."
Lava tubes have previously been discovered on the moon, but the scientists say the new hole is notable because of its lava shield and because it does not appear to be prone to collapse.
Lave tubes exist on Earth and also have been found on Mars. The cylinder-shaped caverns can be carved out by lava flows, volcanic eruptions, seismic activity or ground collapse resulting from meteoroid strikes.
The scientists used high-resolution images from a Japanese moon orbiter called SELENE to discover this lunar lava tube. The findings were published November 12, but they grabbed the attention of the public this week.
NASA is reportedly working on plans to return to the moon by 2020 and to set up a temporary lunar colony by 2025 as part of the Constellation Program. Funding for the program, however, remains somewhat in question.
The American space agency could not be reached for comment.
"Basalt is an extremely good material for radiation protection. It's free real estate ready to be exploited and modified for human use."
JAXA scientists analyzed radar data from the SELENE spacecraft, which was designed to study the origins of the Moon and its geological history. As this new study shows, this instrument is also good for detecting lunar lava tubes, which it does by bouncing radar off the lunar surface. By peppering the entrances to these suspected caverns with radar bursts, the scientists were able to detect a distinctive echo pattern, where a decrease in echo power was followed by a second large echo peak. This pattern was the smoking gun, signifying the presence of a floor and a ceiling of a lava tube. Because the scientists found several similar echo patterns at locations nearby, there may be more than one lava tube.
And it just so happens that this area corresponds to locations where NASA, through its GRAIL mission, was able to identify mass deficitsthat is, locations on the lunar surface where mass appears to be reduced or missing, which GRAIL detects as slightly less gravity.
By combining the SELENE and GRAIL data, the team was able to not just prove the presence of a lava hole, but also the depth and height of the cavity. And its bigextending for several kilometers in length, and at least one kilometer in height and width.
Philadelphia is shown inside a theoretical lunar lava tube. (Image: Purdue University/David Blair)
UPDATE 2:
Scientists Just Found the Perfect Spot to Build an Underground Colony on the Moon
supposed hole and subsequent cavern could be thrice the size of philadelphia.