Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

How Jagged Moon Dust Could Support Future Astronauts


Lunar dust can be a pain - but it’s also literally the ground we will have to traverse if we are ever to have a permanent human settlement on the Moon. In that specific use case, it’s clingy, jagged, staticky properties can actually be an advantage, according to a new paper, recently published in Research from researchers at Beihang University, who analyzed the mechanical properties of samples returned by Chang’e 6 mission to the far side of the Moon.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Universe Today

Read more on:

Photo of future astronauts

future astronauts

Photo of jagged moon dust

jagged moon dust

Related news:

News photo

Igloos on Mars? How Future Astronauts Could Use Ice to Survive

News photo

How color-changing, bacteria-infused spacesuits could help keep future astronauts safe from space radiation

News photo

Could future astronauts build houses on Mars with bacteria?