Space Travelers To Live in Mars' Lava Tubes?

Lava tubes could become the favorite home for space travelers when man-made trips to Mars occur. Similarly, if man were to live on the Moon, a lava tube would be an ideal house!

So, just what is a "lava tube?"

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A lava tube is a geological feature associated with volcanoes. Scientists have thought that astronauts may want to live inside lava tubes on Mars and the moon if we can find them.

Check out this website:

http://www.asi.org/adb/06/09/03/02/100/12-questions.html
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Answer the following questions in complete sentences handwritten ON A SHEET OF PAPER for EXTRA CREDIT!!

1. How is a lava tube formed?

2. Where are they found on Earth?

3. Are lava tubes likely to be on the moon?

4. Are lava tubes on the moon safe or are they likely to collapse? Why?

5. List three reasons why we might want to use lava tubes to live in on the moon.

6. How much space is probably in the lava tubes, if there are any, on the moon?

7. Where else in the solar system are we likely to discover lava tubes?

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International Space Hotel In Full Flight

While the recession may be putting a damper on vacations around the world, companies such as Virgin Galactic are talking seriously about taking vacations out of this world!

And while the price tag ($200,000 a seat) may be out of reach for the cash-strapped general public, Virgin Galactic and the National Space Society have teamed up to offer a FREE ticket if you enter and win yourself a seat aboard the spaceship.

Visit https://www.spaceambassadors.com to sign up.

Whenever you travel you will be in need of a place to stay. British students at the Imperial College London have taken the next step and designed a space hotel. Be sure to step on board if your current Virgin Galactic housing is not to your liking.

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Think of eight difficulties that a space traveler could experience when dealing with Zero gravity, or any other issues that space causes as well as eight solutions. For example, it would making sleeping difficult unless harnessed in uncomfortably. And what could you eat that contains no moisture - freeze-dried beans? How could you shower in zero gravity without the water floating away in globules? These students came up with some solutions (come up with your own and compare):

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/imedia/vid/index.php?vid=315

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