[Interview] Leaping Robot for Lunar Lava Tubes

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

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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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