Scientists are turning to lunar lava tubes as promising shelter sites for future astronauts. These underground tunnels can offer strong protection from harmful radiation and extreme temperature swings. Researchers also suspect the tubes may hold valuable resources such as water ice, which could support long-term missions. With underground habitats potentially more practical than surface bases, study efforts are accelerating.
Forty years after Chernobyl, women recruited from the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant to cook for cleanup crews still carry the fallout. They reported radiation exposure, health problems, and troubling handling of worker food—often wasted, sometimes contaminated, and occasionally smuggled out. Decades later, these cooks are still battling for promised pensions, highlighting the disaster’s long afterlife.
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