Living Underground on Other Worlds. Exploring Lava Tubes

The Moon and Mars will probably be the first places in the Solar System that humanity will try to live after leaving the safety and security of Earth. But those worlds are still incredibly harsh environments, with no protection from radiation, little to no atmosphere, and extreme temperatures. Living on those worlds is going to be hard, it’s going to be dangerous. Fortunately, there are a few pockets on those worlds that’ll make it a tiny little bit easier to get a foothold in the Solar System: lava tubes. Sign up to my weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+universetoday/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / frasercain@gmail.com Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - weber.chad@gmail.com Chloe Cain - Instagram: @chloegwen2001 References: https://www.seti.org/seti-institute/press-release/possible-lava-tube-skylights-discovered-near-north-pole-moon https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/12jul_rabbithole/ https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2007/21sep_caves https://lightsinthedark.com/2015/03/04/could-humans-set-up-camp-in-martian-lava-tubes/ https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc-20100617-mare-ingenii.html https://www.seti.org/seti-institute/press-release/possible-lava-tube-skylights-discovered-near-north-pole-moon m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/The_pit-chains_of_Mars_a_possible_place_for_life https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2017/Q4/potential-human-habitat-located-on-the-moon.html https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/caves2011/pdf/8028.pdf https://www.sintef.no/en/latest-news/snake-robots-in-space/ http://blogs.esa.int/caves/2018/03/13/the-bowels-of-earth-in-3d/ https://www.inverse.com/article/36777-mars-moon-human-colony-lava-tubes