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[Interview] Dust Is A Much Bigger Problem Than You Think

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English - May 01, 2023 16:00 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 238 ratings
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When we fly to Moon and Mars, how hard will it be to deal with dust. It can be a much more difficult problem when most of us think. And why is it so hard to clean it off solar panels on Mars. We discuss all that with Dr Christine Hartzell.
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00:00 Intro
01:35 What is Moon dust
07:55 What damage can dust do
12:57 What can we do about it
20:19 How big the problem really is
22:08 Why don't they just...
30:11 Outro
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When we fly to Moon and Mars, how hard will it be to deal with dust. It can be a much more difficult problem when most of us think. And why is it so hard to clean it off solar panels on Mars. We discuss all that with Dr Christine Hartzell.

🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday

00:00 Intro
01:35 What is Moon dust
07:55 What damage can dust do
12:57 What can we do about it
20:19 How big the problem really is
22:08 Why don't they just...
30:11 Outro

📺 VIDEO VERSION

https://youtu.be/LfigUsu7V2Q

📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER

Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.

Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter

🎧 PODCASTS

Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/

Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/

🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain

Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday

Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday

Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday

📩 CONTACT FRASER

[email protected]

⚖️ LICENSE

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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