We Still Don’t Know How to Deal With Moon Dust

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If we’re going back to the moon, we’re going to need to learn how to deal with the dust.

U.S. President Donald Trump has made returning to the moon a priority, and China and India both have lunar landers in the works. The endeavor is difficult for myriad reasons, but one borders on the prosaic — moon dust.
Dust Bowl
The moon is a dirty place. Apollo astronauts reported returning to their lander covered in dust that smelled of spent gunpowder — astronaut Alan Bean even worried that dust

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