In the summer of 1822, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Munich Franz Paula von Gruutuisen (1774-1852) announced the discovery near Crater Schroeter ruins of the “city”. This moon formation resembled fragment of the spider web and included low straight shafts diverging under angle of 45 degrees and connected by jumpers. At the end of the network located “the ruins of the citadel.” The total area of the “city of Gruituisen”, according to various estimates, it was about 15 hectares.
The Lunatic Citadel
After Gruituisen discovered his lunar “city”, immediately A stormy polemic has arisen between astronomers about the nature of this unusual superficial formation. Selenologists divided into two groups. Most of them defended the naturalness of this lunar phenomenon, and the few followers of Gruituisen – artificiality. More than a century has passed, but the discussion does not subside. Relay race with the founder of domestic ufology Felix Yuryevich Siegel took enthusiast of “unconventional selenology” Alex Viktorovich Arkhipov.
Sketch of Franz Paul von Gruutuisen.
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Views of the “city of Gruituisen” on the moon. In the bottom photo is highlighted white rectangle. Dilapidated Schröter Crater, above and to the left “city of Gruituisen.” (Looks like a “Christmas tree” from the mountains above and to the left crater with a central hill)
A photo from open sources
A photo from open sources
A photo from open sources
In the midst of a lunar day, when the sun is at maximum height above the horizon, a mysterious chain becomes noticeable arranged in pairs of bright spots bounding from two sides dark curved strip. From the west and east of the “city” are spread strange triangular “fields” covered with faint stripes.
Despite the unusual structure of the “ruins of the city” and its environs, among professional selenologists, the prevailing view is that the data Formations of the lunar relief are of natural origin. A similar drawing of the terrain could well arise when moving and cooling lunar lava flows among a complex multilevel relief.
Hilly obstacles could play a decisive role here, causing several lava waves diverging at an angle to each other. Almost the same pattern can be seen on the surface of the fluid liquids, such as streams.
“The city of Gruituisen” is located on the outskirts of Znoi Bay, from which once flowed lava flow, judging by the location of the ridges frozen waves. Assuming the crests of the ramparts of the “city” formed as a result of the movement of lava flows, it then becomes generally understandable and seemingly geometrically correct structure the location of the shafts.
Passion around the lunar “city” led to the creation of various volumetric laboratory models using wax and paraffin imitating molten lava. On the exact layout of the moonlight surfaces “started” the flow of wax and paraffin mixtures, and then the frozen relief was studied. Similar modeling allowed understand how lava flowing around natural obstacles could to form an unusual landscape of the lunar “city”, including radial rays extending from a hill and a bridge between them.
Of course, neither direct observations nor modeling were able to convince ufologists of the natural nature of the “ruins of the city Gruituisen. “It is possible that the final point in this centenary the next lunar mission directed to the region will deliver the story an amazing phenomenon resembling the ruins of artificial facilities.
Secrets of the night luminary
Here in the first place is the version of the moon as a planetary spaceship. The arrival of this “planetoid ship” is associated with a number of biological disasters in the history of the earth, considering them as “targeted natural disasters” designed to help reach The historical arena of the mind of homo sapiens.
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Where could our night star come from, by whom and for what purpose it was created, why did it “moor” to our planet? What could happen to the crew of the “indigenous selenites”? Maybe, amazing “planetoid ship” is a kind of “space tomb” served by numerous by cyber automatic machines?
Over time, the hypothesis of the “Moon-spacecraft” began to grow new and new details. From ufological studies we find out that the “space super ship must be very tough metal structure. The probable thickness of its walls is two or two and a half dozen kilometers. ”
At the same time, much attention is paid to the justification of the appearance of our satellite: “To protect the ship from unnecessary losses heat, its creators covered the surface with a special heat-shielding coating. Its thickness is several kilometers. It is in her countless craters formed meteorites, and planetoid impacts – bed of the lunar seas, subsequently filled with secondary heat-shielding mass. ”
Ufologists and the structure of the “planetoid ship” do not ignore: “Inside the moon, under a metal casing there must exist quite significant free space intended for mechanisms servicing the movement and repair of space super-ships, devices for external observations, some designs providing a connection armor plating with the inner content of the moon.
It is possible that 70-80% of the mass of the moon, located in its depths beyond “service belt”, and there is a “payload” of the ship. Guesses about its content and purpose go beyond the reasonable assumptions. ”
At the same time, it is believed that “when you consider that the heat-protective layer artificial moon played a very large role in her life, then for the inhabitants of the moon were by no means indifferent that the blows of oncoming large pieces of this meteorite were torn from its metal case plating ….
Lunar inhabitants. Engraving from an English reprint of 1836. On huts of intelligent beavers and their inhabitants themselves are visible in the background.
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To this end, exposed places were quickly enough brought “pipelines” leading from “machines” located in the “zone service. “These machines prepared a pulverized mass that displayed on the exposed surface of the moon and covered it.
It is clear that this “powder” could not cover all the “seas” even layer. But the creators of the moon provided for this opportunity oscillatory motion of the surface of the moon, which allowed dust particles of sand grains to form a certain “fluidized bed”. They “flowed” like liquid, filling all the recesses of the moon, forming on hundreds kilometers of the “lunar seas” is almost an ideal layer. ”
Very rare item
After an uncontrollable flight of ufological fantasies, it seems that any mention of lunar settlements should be skeptical reaction. However, in reality this is far from the case.
There are a number of serious scientific projects considering different possibilities of using lunar resources to solve earthly problems. First, we are talking about long-term scientific bases, then about real lunar cities and, finally, about ambitious plans terraforming (bringing climate conditions to a state habitable terrestrial animals and plants) of our natural satellite.
It is authentically known that on the moon there are no major organic minerals such as oil, gas and coal. Probably, there are no rich ore deposits there. However even poor stocks local raw materials – iron, aluminum and titanium – are very important for self-sufficiency of local industry, for example ship shipyards and energy.
In addition, in the surface layer of the lunar soil, consisting in mainly from the regolith mineral, contains a rare element on Earth helium-3. This isotope can provide fuel for fusion energy. future, providing the needs of not only the lunar population, but also earthlings.
When using helium-3 does not occur long-lived radioactive waste, and therefore the problem of their disposal is so acute standing during operation of fission reactors on heavy nuclei, disappears by itself.
Inhabited base
However, the creation of thermonuclear energy seems to be a matter of the future, and tomorrow’s lunar cities will supply electricity ordinary nuclear reactors and powerful solar panels. The first lunar cities will probably be mostly inhabited by scientists, energy and space ship. After all, among other things, our the satellite should become a launching pad for near and far space missions, and sometime interstellar flights.
This photo was taken during the flight of Apollo 15. About the mysterious lights on the surface of the moon reported another crew of Apollo 11. Of unofficial sources know that obscure luminous objects approached Apollo 12 and chased Apollo 13
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Lunar workshops and factories will also provide the necessary large space stations at high near-Earth resources orbits where the industrial space will unfold production.
It can be confidently predicted that the most important stage in the exploration of the moon will be the creation on its surface of a permanent habitable base. And here it is very important that some lunar rocks contain abnormally much water and there are even signs of water ice. There are technical solutions for producing oxygen for breathing.
The moon world, due to its exotic landscapes, is a must will become a mecca of space tourism, and this can attract significant amount of funds for various research and production programs. In the distant future, the moon will be designed to become the largest transshipment point of goods and people in Solar system.
Surely centuries will pass and a younger sister will appear on Earth with atmosphere, vegetation and real seas. Well, to inhabit lunar cities of this new space expansion center of humanity there will be real selenites – descendants of earthlings, risking to move to your satellite …
Oleg FAYG
Moon time
