Thursday 8 January 2009

Sixteen Tons of Moondust

Source: NASA

Sledgehammer-toting scientists are "bustin' rocks" to make the finest possible simulated lunar regolith (a.k.a. fake moondust) in support of NASA's return to the Moon. (read more)

The moon is blanketed in dust--an ever present fact of life for future lunar explorers.
Photo credit: NASA/Apollo 17.

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