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Lavatubes are a good choice for a first generation space habitat on the moon becaues they provide a ready made structure. It is possiable to seal the microscopic cracks in surface of the walls of the lavatube, and thus provide an air tight environment which can be a shirt sleeve environment. Living in a lavatube provides many advantages. | Lavatubes are a good choice for a first generation space habitat on the moon becaues they provide a ready made structure. It is possiable to seal the microscopic cracks in surface of the walls of the lavatube, and thus provide an air tight environment which can be a shirt sleeve environment. Living in a lavatube provides many advantages. | ||
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* There is substantual shielding due to having some meters of stone between you and the outside. This is good against micrometerorites and radiation. | * There is substantual shielding due to having some meters of stone between you and the outside. This is good against micrometerorites and radiation. | ||
* There is heat insulation because you are underground. | * There is heat insulation because you are underground. | ||
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Revision as of 19:51, 9 November 2006
Lavatubes are a good choice for a first generation space habitat on the moon becaues they provide a ready made structure. It is possiable to seal the microscopic cracks in surface of the walls of the lavatube, and thus provide an air tight environment which can be a shirt sleeve environment. Living in a lavatube provides many advantages.
Benefits
- There is substantual shielding due to having some meters of stone between you and the outside. This is good against micrometerorites and radiation.
- There is heat insulation because you are underground.
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