Lunar dust, lunar observatories and other operations on the Moon

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Feb 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995jbis...48...87j&link_type=abstract

British Interplanetary Society, Journal (ISSN 0007-094X), vol. 48, no. 2, p. 87-91

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Lunar Dust, Lunar Mining, Lunar Observatories, Operational Hazards, Apollo Flights, Astronomy, Space Suits, Surveyor 3 Lunar Probe, Telescopes

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The pervasiveness of the lunar fine-grained particulates or dust was alluded to many times by the twelve Apollo astronauts who briefly lived and worked on the Moon. Neil Armstrong, on the first journey to the Moon, said of the lunar dust 'The surface is fine and powdery. I can - I can pick it up loosely with my toe. It does adhere in fine layers like powdered charcoal to the sole and sides of my boots.' For engineering, construction and operations on the Moon, the dust poses unresolved riddles. This paper discusses what some of the mechanisms are that may govern the behavior of the fine particles, suggests approaches to mitigating the dust hazard and notes that experiments in laboratories and on the Moon are needed to assist in establishing effective and suitable means of limiting the detrimental effects of dust on observatory operations. Te ideas presented have implications not only for observatories but also for a variety of mining and industrial operations on the surface of the Moon in the 21st Century.

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