Caves (Lava Tubes) on the Moon

[ancientworldnow]

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/12jul_rabbithole/

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) confirms the existence of skylights to the underground realm of our nearest celestial neighbor.

[LukeM]

Came across some clearer pictures of a few of these moon pits.

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/solarsys_09_15/s12_710873re.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/solarsys_09_15/s14_3168034r.jpg

Source which is definitely worth giving a look:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/09/around_the_solar_system.html

[self-deleted_user]

Ok that settles it. We need to organize a moon trip to go survey these for them.

[JR-Orion]

I'll go! I'm only 240,000 miles away.

[NZcaver]

I think we'll need to carpool for this trip.

[self-deleted_user]

I think we'll need to shuttlepool for this trip.

FIFY

[gdstorrick]

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[rlboyce]

Hmm... sometimes I feel kind of isolated from life when I'm underground on Earth. I wonder what I'd be feeling if I were in one of those tubes?

Given the reduced gravity, would vertical gear (other than a rope) really be needed? I think a 150 lb individual would only be 25 lb there.

[self-deleted_user]

Depending how deep they are, maybe we could even just jump in and out!