NASA's latest announcement of its plans to build a railway system on the moon caught our fancy
That photo captured our imagination and we set off on a fascinating discussion that ranged from science fiction to factual science!
Most fascinating sci-fi theories
The building like structures were branded as traps for aliens or research centers to hold and study extra terrestrial beings.
Perhaps this is a start of a new civilization. They are finding ways to build a city on the moon.
Why not have an oxygen bubble that will help everyone breathe?
Maybe these metallic plates are metal detectors looking for treasures.
Edging towards science
Land rover transport tracks are being laid.
This is a 3D rendition of a proposed plan.
Those yellow squares are markers to indicate that an important sample has been stored. Storms are common on the moon and this may be a system to keep them safe.
Maybe those squares have the ability to detect microorganisms.
Auto sensors to identify spots which are rich in minerals.
Buildings in background are radiation storm filters.
Transport systems- yellow squares are magnets to control the rovers moving around. These could be safeguarding mechanisms for the future. The surface of the moon is bumpy and hence it helps to smoothen it out?
Magnets are a great idea to keep the rovers in place. But how can we transport magnets to space? Won’t they make the spacecraft heavy?
What if you could reverse engineer it and activate it when you need it? Electromagnetism? May not be light weight but this could be a solution.
An article revealed that this is proposal to build a railways system for transportation on the moon. That led to more questions. What would they do to avoid collisions? How do they do that on earth? Why not the same way?
The discussion ended on an energetic note with everyone feeling incredibly satisfied with themselves for having been curious, coming up with as many “what if” possibilities and eventually catching up with the current news.
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