An increasing number of lunar landers are expected to reach the Moon in the coming years, but scientists are worried about their impact on orbiting spacecraft.
, designed to be a space station in a highly elongated “halo” orbit around the Moon, would pass through this dusty sheet but will likely suffer little to no damage, the scientists claim.
Other orbiting spacecraft flying closer to the Moon, on the other hand, “will sustain extensive damage with hundreds of millions of impacts per square meter,” according to the paper. Even if the high-velocity impact of the particles doesn’t damage the spacecraft, the dust itself will. “As you know, regolith particulates are very, very fine,” William Schonberg, an engineering professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology, told Gizmodo in an email.
fi shows have lunar take-off and landing sites far removed from any surface habitats, right?” he added.unar dust is not just annoying to deal with on the surface of the Moon, it could be a major hazard for lunar spacecraft in the future. NASA and other agencies with their landers set for the Moon should keep its dusty surface in mind.
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