Dust on lunar surface



Lunar dust will be one of the major hindrances of returning humans to the Moon. This tiny, gritty, static-loving dust will get into everything — everything from jamming seals and wearing down equipment to causing astronauts endless headaches. Astronauts may use a heated “lawn mower” to melt the surface of the Moon around their base camp to fuse the dust into larger pieces which won’t be so destructive, proposes Larry Taylor from the University of Tennessee. Lunar dust will melt down with surprisingly little energy because it contains microscopic beads of pure iron which can fuse the grains together. That advice appears superb for living and working on the moon! Its quite innovative a way to get rid of it — melting it into something useful.



Via: Universe Today