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If confirmed, evidence of active magma recharge at Kikai Caldera would demonstrate that apparently quiet volcanic systems can retain dynamic subsurface plumbing and potentially accumulate eruptive pressure, reinforcing the need to treat geological stability as a long-duration infrastructure variable rather than a one-time site-selection criterion.
The Ark team should integrate persistent geophysical monitoring into lunar-site planning: seismic networks, heat-flow measurements, ground-deformation surveys, and subsurface imaging. Research should assess whether analogous monitoring can detect lunar thermal or tectonic changes, and habitat designs should maintain redundancy, separation, shielding, and evacuation or isolation protocols for assets exposed to uncertain subsurface hazards.