Not A Planet Mars Researchers Found A Potential Place To Live Here!

The roof hole at Marius Hill © NASA / Goddard / Arizona State University

Space is a dangerous place for humans. Whether it is solar radiation and stars, meteors and possibly aliens. But humans do not easily give up in order to explore more about space.

And one of those dreams is to make the red planet or mars into a place where people can live. But before that the international space agency and private companies that cultivate the same field, like SpaceX, turned their eyes to the Moon.

In order to establish a settlement on Earth's natural satellites the experts must be able to solve many problems. One is that humans who will live on the moon should be protected from the bombardment of charged particles, extreme temperature variations in temperature, and also from micrometer attacks.

A study of the surface of the moon on Earth has found potential candidates to be the best place to build permanent human settlements. The candidate is a lava tube, an underground tunnel carved naturally by one of the volcanoes that have been inactive for months on the moon.

A number of intact lava tubes are found in the hills of Marius on the moon by researchers from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan and Purdue University in Indiana, USA.

Using the radar data from the JAXA Selenological and Engineering Explorer (SELENE) lunar orbit and gravity data from NASA's GRAIL spacecraft, the team was able to find the initial location of 50 meters wide and 50 meters deep.

The cave in question is estimated to be 50 kilometers long and 100 meters wide. The rocks in it may contain ice or water deposits that can be converted into fuel, according to data sent back by the orbiter, dubbed the Kaguya-inspired moon princess name in a Japanese fairy tale.

This cave becomes the second largest lava tube on earth. If it lies inside the surface of the Earth.

Philadelphia city illustration inside the tube © David Blair /Purdue University

"It's important to know where and how big the lunar tube is if we're going to build a base on the moon," says a researcher at JAXA.

Astronomers have been eyeing the volcanic Marius hill as a potential location for landing and colonization. "The dream of putting people into a lava tube on the moon has been going on for decades, and this work is an important step towards realizing a dream come true."

"They know about the roof windowhole on the Mount of Marius, but they do not know how far the underground cavity might be," said Jay Melosh, a professor of Earth science, atmosphere and planet at Purdue.

"Our group at Purdue uses gravity data in the area to conclude that the aperture is part of a larger system by using this radar technique, they can know how deep and high the cavity is."

The lava tube from the bottom of the volcano serves as a lava channel flowed. Due to the convection nature, the outer lava can cool and harden into a stone sleeve - and when the rest of the lava goes out, only a sturdy underground tunnel is left behind.

The moon already does not have an active volcano, but it's different in the past. Solid magma has been detected far below its surface. The last volcano on earth's natural satellites is thought to have gone extinct several hundred million years ago.

The main consequence of this for humans is that many parts of the moon have a network of lava tunnels that are easily accessible from near the surface. The Marius Hills Tube was formed about three and a half billion years ago.

However, underground tunnels are not ideal for the inhabited humans on earth. But the moon, a boulder with a magnetic field and a much weaker atmosphere, is a different case.

Human life there will constantly face the threat of radiation, deadly meteors-that can tear the space suits they wear, and extreme temperatures because of the absence of atmosphere.

During the day, temperatures in the moon can reach around 100 degrees Celsius at night can reach as low as minus 173 degrees Celsius, according to Space.com. Therefore underground life will provide protection from all three.

Better information, physicists had previously guessed that the lunar moon tubes could be much larger than those found on earth. This is because the gravity of the moon is weaker.

This larger alleged size is even estimated to be large enough that it can load a large city though. Which means the size of the lava tube is tens of times larger than the Kazumura Cave, the largest known lava tube complex on earth, located on the island of Hawaii.

That way, we just wait for certainty whether in the moon allows us to live or not. anything that scientists do sometimes helps us and gives positive or negative impacts. Let's just pray for it.

Source : Beritagar.id