[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🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Intro03:08 Lava tubes07:31 Lunar Leaper13:11 Hopping on the Moon 24:04 Going inside a lava tube27:28 Mars lava tubes30:44 Mars magnetosphere36:45 Why don't they just ... crash things into Mars39:34 Current obsessions45:15 Final thoughts📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/TJIcpl9sk8E📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT [email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast