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A permanent cloud of moon dust could cause trouble for space travel

18-06-2015 11:51pm

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The moon may be a lot dustier than we previously thought. Scientists from the University of Colorado-Boulder have found evidence (paywall) of a permanent dust cloud surrounding the moon as a result of thousands of tiny collisions of comet dust particles with the moon’s surface.

The data were gathered using a spacecraft called the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explore (LADEE) that was launched in September 2013. In orbit around the moon, LADEE recorded 140,000 impacts from dust on surface over 80 days. The signal of these incoming dust particles were moving so fast, the research team determined that they were coming from comets.

The news doesn’t bode well for space travel.

http://qz.com/430842/a-permanent-cloud-of-moon-dust-could-cause-trouble-for-space-travel/

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