• Question: Can we go inside the m o o n?

    Asked by emmagrace to Dalya, Derek, Sarah, Tim, Tom on 20 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Derek McKay-Bukowski

      Derek McKay-Bukowski answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      No easily.

      In order to go inside the moon, we’d need to find a cave.

      The chances of finding a cave on the moon are VERY small. Firstly, there is very little water there and certainly not lots of running water to erode out caves… like limestone caves.

      Nor is there any volcanic activity to create those kinds of caverns either.

      The only other way to do it then, would be to dig a hole, like a mine shaft or something. That would be very difficult (and very expensive!)

    • Photo: Tom Crick

      Tom Crick answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      Good answer by Derek — of course it is theoretically possible to go inside the Moon, but it would be expensive and pose a number of technology problems!

      Do you think we can go inside the Moon?

    • Photo: Tim Millar

      Tim Millar answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      Take your bucket and spade, oh and someway of making oxygen and enough food and yes it could be done. Would you want to? HG Wells one of my favourite authors wrote a book “the first men in the moon”, its an interesting idea.

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