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Some of those Apollo 17 photos are especially epic, did he fall over? I have heard that the moon dust is electrostaticly charged and sticks to everything, but i
by somat 11mo ago
Some of those Apollo 17 photos are especially epic, did he fall over? I have heard that the moon dust is electrostaticly charged and sticks to everything, but it is all over him, and those selfies. He looks terrible, exactly like I would expect someone to look with 12 days, no shower, in a vehicle the size of a cargo van with 2 other dudes, after grubbing around in electrostatic dust. Salutes
- kencausey 11mo agoMy understanding is that there is a lot of very fine lunar dust and in the lower gravity even a small amount of static electricity on you means that you are quickly covered in the dust.
- robotresearcher 11mo agoRight, and the dust is from shattered meteorites rather than erosion. So it has very sharp edges instead of being smoothed out by tumbling in water like terrestrial rock dust. Really not very good for them to breathe in.