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The approximate locations of caves or lava tubes will have been determined by mission planners while picking the landing site(s) using inputs from the science community and the flight planning and operations teams, on the basis of satellite reconnaissance and lessons from the robotic missions.
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von Ehrenfried, M. (2019). Considerations for Cave and Lava Tube Selection. In: From Cave Man to Cave Martian. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05408-3_6
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