Re: Lunar rilles

Frogwatch wrote:


My primary interest here is that being a caver, the idea of exploring
huge lava tubes on the moon is wonderful to me.

If you descend into the lunar tunnels you will find giant ants.

... I just do not think they are really lava
tubes. If they are, they would be ideal traps for volatile materials
deposited by comets.


I doubt subterranean luna would be as cold as the floors of polar craters. Ices would sublimate.

Lava tubes may have less dust than much of Luna's surface. That might make them attractive as moon dust is nasty stuff.

Do you see amphibians when you explore caves? Is that why you call yourself "Frogwatch"?

I have a special love for frogs and toads. My nickname used to be Toad and Hop sort of evolved from that.

Hop
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