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Looks like Arthur C. Clarke guessed correctly in his sci-fi novel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fall_of_Moondust , where a moonquake causes problems to a "sand-cruiser" full of tourists.
The abstract from the actual study[1]: > The discovery of young thrust faults on the Moon is evidence of recent tectonic activity, but how recent is unknown. Seismometers at four Apollo landing sites recorded 28 shallow moonquakes between 1969 and 1977. Some of these shallow quakes could be associated with activity on the young faults. However, the epicentre locations of these quakes are poorly constrained. Here we p…
Didn't people believe at some point that moon landings themselves caused the Moon to vibrate or something along those lines? Always found that eyebrow-raising.
moon worms! joking aside reminds me very much of 50s sci-fi - maybe there will be a mining operation to draw energy from the moon's core in the near future (owned by Jeff Bezos)
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Didn't people believe at some point that moon landings themselves caused the Moon to vibrate or something along those lines? Always found that eyebrow-raising.
There is a "hollow moon" conspiracy theory where one of the pieces of evidence cited is that the moon rang like a bell because of the impact of the lander.
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There is a "hollow moon" conspiracy theory where one of the pieces of evidence cited is that the moon rang like a bell because of the impact of the lander.
I think what you meant to say is, “There’s evidence that the moon is hollow. It rang like a bell because of the impact of the lander.”