There are caves on the moon caused by lava flows that collapsed. In theory, you could go under these domed kind of cave areas and burrow underneath the lunar soil. A lunar base inside a cave would be able to stay warmer during lunar night. And it would be shielded from the constant stream of moon dust.
NASA’s Artemis mission is the first step toward a long-term human settlement on the moon. Vox’s Unexplainable examines whether humans are even capable of living far from Earth for an extended period of time.
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