In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Thu, 3 Mar 2011 12:23:50 -0900: Hi, [snip] > >On Mar 3, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Terry Blanton wrote: > >> http://blastr.com/2011/03/giant-chamber-on-the-moon.php >> >> with must-see piccy. > >Source article on the lava tube: > >http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/pdf/1484.pdf > >41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2010) > >IDENTIFICATION OF LUNAR VOLCANIC TUBES, A POTENTIAL SITE FOR HUMAN >SETTLEMENT USING 3D CHANDRYAAN 1 TMC DATA . A.S. Arya1, >R.P.Rajasekhar1, Ajai1 , A.S Kiran Kumar1, R.R. Navalgund1 , Space >Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Ahmedabad >380 015 (India), [email protected].
"This un-damaged tube is about 360 m wide and 2.0 km long, which furnishes a safe and substantial dwelling site for human settlements in future missions." ...provided there isn't already a UFO base in it. ;) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
