Lava tubes are one of the most interesting places on the Moon. They can be a great place for a potential lunar base, but they also can be a time capsule that can tell us about the entire history of the Moon. And there's a very interesting mission in development that could explore lava tubes. It's called Lunar Leaper.

Guest: Dr Anna Mittelholz

Lunar Leaper: https://www.lunarleaper.space/

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00:00 Intro
03:08 Lava tubes
07:31 Lunar Leaper
13:11 Hopping on the Moon
24:04 Going inside a lava tube
27:28 Mars lava tubes
30:44 Mars magnetosphere
36:45 Why don't they just ... crash things into Mars
39:34 Current obsessions
45:15 Final thoughts

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