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NASA’s Big Chore: Dusting on the Moon

JAN 23, 2007
Physics Today
NPR : As NASA makes plans to go back to the moon, it must face a problem that Apollo astronauts recognized when they last walked on the lunar surface more than 30 years ago. The moon is covered in dust that’s so incredibly fine and abrasive, it could potentially damage everything from space suits to an astronaut’s lungs.
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