Thread: OT: Let's all go to the Moon...
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Old December 5th, 2003, 02:58 AM

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Default Re: OT: Let\'s all go to the Moon...
You are right. I was posting based on something I thought I remembered reading a while back. Couldn't find anything about that now. Did find these that explain it. Apparantly the dust is very fine and abrasive and gets in the joints of the suits and other equipment and causes them to cease to work and jam up.

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/res...0/pdf/7004.pdf

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0007/21moondust/

[ December 05, 2003, 00:58: Message edited by: Cyrien ]
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