NASA uses force field on Moon to sweep away deadly dust

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NASA has successfully tested an electric force field on the Moon that protects spacecraft from destructive lunar dust. The Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) was carried aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, whose mission ended on March 16.

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anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

The result is a clinging, charcoal-like dust that coats spacesuits, lenses, gaskets, and other equipment. This has been a problem ever since the first lunar landing missions in the 1960s when the Apollo astronauts would return to the Lunar Module looking like coal miners as the dust got everywhere, interfering with equipment, wearing down components, and not doing the Neil Armstrong et al’s lungs any good either.

Maybe this tech can end up helping to improve air quality once it makes its way back to Earth.

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