Living in Caves on the Moon

[Yojimbo]

I saw a documentary a few years back about what it would take to colonize the moon. One of the biggest dangers was cosmic radiation and how to protect the colonists. The plan was to use the lunar "dust/dirt" and fill the walls of the habitat with it, since it is a natural insulator to the radiation.

This new discovery of lava tubes would make perfect sense to achieve that protection of colonists from radiation. I'm assuming it would be possible to seal and fill with oxygen as well.



http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/we-may-have-found-our-home-on-the-moon-in-a-lava-tube/news-story/9d67e6804b933ea9fd7be8d0c1e07071