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    Lunar lava tubes are lava tubes on the Moon formed during the eruption of basaltic lava flows. When the surface of a lava flow cools, it hardens and the...
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    A lava tube, or pyroduct, is a natural conduit formed by flowing lava from a volcanic vent that moves beneath the hardened surface of a lava flow. If lava...
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    Martian lava tubes are volcanic caverns on Mars that are believed to form as a result of fast-moving, basaltic lava flows associated with shield volcanism...
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    represented by the presence of volcanoes, pyroclastic deposits and vast lava plains on the lunar surface. The volcanoes are typically in the form of small domes...
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    beyond the Moon. A lunar lava cave potential has long been suggested and discussed in literature and thesis. Any intact lava tube on the Moon could serve...
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  • A lava tube, or pyroduct, is a natural conduit formed by flowing lava from a volcanic vent that moves beneath the hardened surface of a lava flow. If lava...
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    proportion of the ion stream. Lunar lava tubes are a potential location for constructing a lunar base. Any intact lava tube on the Moon could serve as a...
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    instruments to examine when needed. List of missions to the Moon Lunar resources Lunar lava tube Brown, David W. (26 March 2019). "NASA Considers a Rover Mission...
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    the lunar surface: Sinuous rilles meander in a curved path like a mature river, and are commonly thought to be the remains of collapsed lava tubes or extinct...
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    Moon, A History of Lunar Exploration in the Age of the Telescope (Willmann Bell, 2001). Geology of the Moon Lunar lava tube Lunar soil (see: Moon dust...
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