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This well-illustrated article, from the BBC, presents the dangers of lunar dust to astronauts and how this threat is being investigated.  An image illustrates the Swiss-cheese-like voids in a speck of lunar dust, and the article contains a description of how these voids increase the dust's chemical activity.  Several possible methods of reducing the risk are contained including creating special filtration systems and paving landing pads and roads to turn the dust to glass.
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Astronomy
- Solar System
= The Moon
- Space Exploration
= Human Exploration
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Informal Education
- Upper Undergraduate
- Reference Material
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Keywords:
dust, hazard, health, inhale, lunar, moondust, particle, repiratory
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created April 25, 2008 by Ann Deml
Record Updated:
March 4, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
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March 18, 2007
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(BBC), WWW Document, (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6460089.stm).
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Lunar Dust “May Harm Astronauts” (BBC), <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6460089.stm>.
APA Format
Lunar Dust “May Harm Astronauts”. (2007, March 18). Retrieved April 25, 2024, from BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6460089.stm
Chicago Format
BBC. Lunar Dust “May Harm Astronauts”. BBC, March 18, 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6460089.stm (accessed 25 April 2024).
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Lunar Dust “May Harm Astronauts”. BBC. 18 Mar. 2007. 25 Apr. 2024 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6460089.stm>.
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@misc{ Title = {Lunar Dust “May Harm Astronauts”}, Publisher = {BBC}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {25 April 2024}, Month = {March 18, 2007}, Year = {} }
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