Proposal of Russian scientists: Deep drilling on the Moon

Russian scientists state the proposal to determine when the Moon will only see the Moon from one side, so that it must be sampled from a depth of 15 meters on the back of the Earth satellite.

Mr. Evgeny Slyuta, head of the Moon Geological-Chemistry Laboratory and planets (Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences) told Sputnik.

Scientists are inventing a new rig that can drill 15 meters deep on the Moon's surface.

"We are inventing a new generation rig capable of taking soil samples up to 15 meters deep. These are small devices weighing about 80kg. With such a drill length, we can actually reach it. If the same drill obtains a sample from the back of the Moon, then according to the composition of the gas deposited in the soil particles, we will know when the Moon is received. rotation rotates around its axis with the rotation around the Earth and now always looks at us on one side " - explained Slyuta.

In addition, scientists propose projects on the Moon surface layout a fixed network consisting of 8-10 seismic monitoring stations.

Earlier Evgeny Slyuta said that Russian scientists are studying the development of technology to sinter the Moon's land into a hard surface , so that in the future the Moon base can remove the dust from the astronauts' feet. family.

To sinter the surface soil, scientists are studying the possibility of using integrated solar energy, laser irradiation and microwave radiation.