Discovered after 40 years: Moon dust hazard influenced by Sun's elevation
Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 11:01
in Astronomy & Space
In the 1960s and 1970s, the Apollo Moon Program struggled with a minuscule, yet formidable enemy: sticky lunar dust. Four decades later, a new study reveals that forces compelling lunar dust to cling to surfaces - ruining scientific experiments and endangering astronauts' health - change during the lunar day with the elevation of the sun...