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Perhaps I wasn't clear. This would be an unmanned telescope. We're talking a one time landing of a piece of equipment. Dust will be a non-issue after the initi
by drzaiusapelord 12y ago
Perhaps I wasn't clear. This would be an unmanned telescope. We're talking a one time landing of a piece of equipment. Dust will be a non-issue after the initial landing.
- g-clef 12y agoNot necessarily. One of the interesting results from LADEE was that the measured lunar dust increased a few hours before the probe landed (attributed possibly to the geminid meteor shower). There's lots of stuff that can kick dust off the lunar surface. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Atmosphere_and_Dust_Environment_Explorer#Preliminary_results http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Atmosphere_and_Dust_Envir...