MAPrad is a prototype of a mini-radar for scanning the Moon. It is 10 times smaller than the device that creates
Recall that lava tubes are cavities in lavastreams, elongated in the form of corridors. Such channels are obtained with uneven cooling of lava flowing from the slopes of the volcano. The surface layers of lava, due to contact with air, which is much colder than the lava itself, cool faster and become monolithic, forming a hard crust. In them, future astronauts can create a habitat protected from radiation.
CD3D PTY Limited startup received a grant fromAustralian Space Agency's Luna-Mars initiative to further develop the prototype with RMIT University, including testing it by mapping one of the largest lava tube systems on Earth in the Undara Volcanic National Park.
A laboratory technician holds a MAPrad prototype in a cleanroom at the Micro Nano Research Facility at RMIT. Credit: RMIT University.
CD3D CEO and Professor EmeritusRMIT James McNay stated that their unique geophysical sensor has several advantages over existing technologies that make it more suitable for space missions. The fact is that MAPrad is smaller, lighter and consumes no more energy than existing georadars, but at the same time much more is available to it. The authors of the development note that he sees several hundred meters below the surface. This is twice as deep as existing technology.
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