[Interview] Exploring Space Lava Tubes: How To Prepare For It

Lava tubes can be a solution to a lot of our space problems. They can provide habitat space on Moon, Mars and even beyond. But how do we prepare to explore them? That's what we're discussing with Professor Francesco Sauro. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 👉 Prof. Francesco Sauro: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/francesco.sauro2/en 👉 Twitter: https://twitter.com/cescosauro 👉 La Venta Association: https://laventa.it/ 00:00 Intro 01:16 Getting into caves 02:32 Why lava tubes are interesting 04:00 Challenges associated with caves 08:10 How to train astronauts for lava tubes 15:15 What can we find in lava tubes on Moon and Mars 20:32 Lava tubes as habitats 27:57 Ice caves on Europa, Enceladus and Mars 32:15 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/-iJ2ui2-BFU 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast