Discovered After 40 Years: Moon Dust Hazard Influenced By Sun's Elevation
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 18:14
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.