Lava tubes on the moon are really important— they are plentiful and huge. Human settlements need radiation shielding and why build on the surface when you can just inflate a habitat underground? Cavemen on the moon!
With their huge size, we can inflate big arenas for televised sports (moonball, anyone?) which will play a foundational role in the development of the moon’s economy. After all, nearly everyone on earth would want to watch… & you can’t scale moon tourism like that. Concrete prediction: Moon sports will be a 10 billion dollar industry within a decade.
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With their huge size, we can inflate big arenas for televised sports (moonball, anyone?) which will play a foundational role in the development of the moon’s economy. After all, nearly everyone on earth would want to watch… & you can’t scale moon tourism like that. Concrete prediction: Moon sports will be a 10 billion dollar industry within a decade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_lava_tube
That's a feature, not a bug.
How else do you think they're going to be convinced to relocate to it?
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Read that as hyenas. Amusing thought!
Where there is thick limestone formations there are often long underground tunnels carved out by rivers, eg: https://exploreparks.dbca.wa.gov.au/park/dimalurru-tunnel-cr...