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Radar evidence of accessible Moon cave conduit below Mare Tranquillitatis pit
A void tens of metres in size below the Mare Tranquillitatis pit on the Moon is revealed by radar images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. This finding implies that lava tubes or conduits are possibly common below lunar maria.
This discovery suggests that the MTP is a promising site for a lunar base, as it offers shelter from the harsh surface environment and could support long-term human exploration of the Moon. Donini, E., Carrer, L., Gerekos, C., Bruzzone, L. & Bovolo, F. An unsupervised fuzzy system for the automatic detection of candidate lava tubes in radar sounder data. The LROC NAC DEM and the photogrammetric model by Wagner and Robinson 17 are in orange whereas the procedurally generated pit and cave used for the simulations of the subsurface response to Mini-RF are in cyan.
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