{"id":773036,"date":"2023-11-14T06:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=773036"},"modified":"2023-11-14T06:28:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:28:01","slug":"this-is-the-best-place-to-build-a-moon-base-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=773036","title":{"rendered":"This is the best place to build a moon base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"caption-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">The moon\u2019s south pole has long been a promising site for a base<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Stocktrek Images, Inc.\/Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>An area straddling two craters at the moon\u2019s south pole is the perfect location for a lunar base, thanks to a relatively plentiful water supply and gentle slope, researchers have determined.<\/p>\n<p>The south pole has long been considered a good place for settlement because its numerous craters experience both permanent sunlight and shade, making it possible to generate electricity using solar panels while also having ice to mine for water. The areas around some of these craters \u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2393888-this-is-the-best-place-to-build-a-moon-base\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=space&#038;rand=772163\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The moon\u2019s south pole has long been a promising site for a base Stocktrek Images, Inc.\/Alamy An area straddling two craters at the moon\u2019s south pole is the perfect location&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":773037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-773036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-scientist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=773036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/773037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=773036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=773036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=773036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}