Nyrath Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 http://planetary.org/blog/article/00002173 One of the problems with establishing a Lunar base is the deadly radiation flux. You can dig your base underground, but that takes lots of time, massive construction site machines, and lots of resources. It would be so convenient to find an existing cave. The Japanese space agency JAXA decided to look for one, with their Lunar orbiter probe. Apparently they actually found one. Looks like part of a hollow lava tube. This is huge. Instant rad shielding, just add a light-weight inflatable pressurized habitat and a ladder, and you are done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Re: Lunar Cave Discovered Too cool. Thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Re: Lunar Cave Discovered The lunar cave drawings were very primitive, and got overwhelmingly panned by the art critics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Re: Lunar Cave Discovered They won't be so thrilled when they get down there and discover those are actually Giant Lunar Worm tunnels.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted October 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Re: Lunar Cave Discovered They won't be so thrilled when they get down there and discover those are actually Giant Lunar Worm tunnels.... "I don't know, General. The last transmission said 'AYIIIII! IT'S A MOONCALF!!' then the signal went dead." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kisska Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Re: Lunar Cave Discovered Thats pretty cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 Re: Lunar Cave Discovered http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherit_the_Stars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted October 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Re: Lunar Cave Discovered http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherit_the_Stars Yeah, that's the one where Lunar explorers find a dead guy in a space suit ... who had been lying there for 50,000 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Re: Lunar Cave Discovered I loved that series, years ago. However, it was pre-internet, and I was never able to find the last two books. Someday I'll probably plunder around and hunt them online when I've time to read them. Really good reads, if a bit simplistic on characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted October 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Re: Lunar Cave Discovered I loved that series, years ago. However, it was pre-internet, and I was never able to find the last two books. Someday I'll probably plunder around and hunt them online when I've time to read them. Really good reads, if a bit simplistic on characters. Try looking on http://www.bookfinder.com/ The books are Inherit the Stars The Gentle Giants of Ganymede Giants' Star or the omnibus edition The Giants Novels Be warned that Hogan has an ... unconventional views on things. He believes in the insane theories of Immanuel Velikovsky, thinks that the Big Bang theory is untrue, believes that the HIV virus is not the cause of AIDS, and thinks the Holocaust was a myth. The first two appear in the novels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_P._Hogan_%28writer%29#Controversy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Re: Lunar Cave Discovered Thanks. The original trilogy I have read a couple of times, and even bought and passed on to friends. It's books four and five that hope to one day have time to find and read. Though some recent feedback leads me to think that I might not want to read them. And really, with the original series, I felt book 2 settled pretty much everything. Book three always felt sort of "see? You were right after all; this book confirms it" with a bit of "well you've followed along all this time, so it seems fair to let you meet these ancient historical characters" tacked in for good measure. However, it really did lay everything completely to rest. I don't know that I'd be happy if the subsequent books took to stirring it all back up again. :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Re: Lunar Cave Discovered I really like the first three books ('Inherit The Stars', 'The Gentle Giants Of Ganymede' and 'Giant's Star'), which remains one of my favourite SF series. I think things were started (and wound up) very satisfyingly within those three books. Fourth book ('Entoverse') I read. An interesting idea or two, certainly, but I didn't really like it that much. Too much (semi-)retconning - stuff established fairly definitively at the end of Giant's Star, but suddenly is altered somewhat in this new book. Fifth book ('Mission To Minerva') I haven't read as yet - waiting for a cheap copy to become available. Casual examination points to parallel universes and timelines being a major theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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