'Moon Dust' Turns to Dust and Approaches Humanity [Now in Space]
This year, the moon is expected to be an important part of space science. From observing and analyzing the moon, we find ways to use what is on the moon for the survival of mankind.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has presented a lunar exploration plan for this year. It is conducting the manned lunar exploration program, 'Artemis III'. Earlier, on the 15th, it launched the private lunar lander, Firefly Aerospace's 'Blue Ghost'. It is scheduled to land on the moon on March 2nd.
'Blue Ghost' is scheduled to land on the moon around March 2nd after flying for 45 days. [Photo = NASA]
The moon has almost no atmosphere, so it is a place where asteroids and meteor showers frequently collide. Most of the holes (craters) that appear here and there on the moon are caused by this phenomenon.
When the Apollo 11 lander and astronauts set foot on the moon in 1969, white moon dust rose up. It is the 'moon dust' and 'moon dust' of the lunar regolith called regolith. Regolith is a group of particles that have been electrostatically charged by solar radiation. It is dangerous because it contains radiation and static electricity. It can damage spacesuits and stick to spacecraft, causing them to malfunction.
Among the things that Blue Ghost is studying when it lands on the lunar surface is 'moon dust'. Through 'moon dust', it finds a way for humans to settle on the moon.
The Earth, which looks like a crescent moon, was taken by Apollo 15 from lunar orbit in 1971. [Photo = NASA]
The landing site of Blue Ghost is the 'Mare Crisium', a 300-mile-wide (about 482 km) basin in the northeastern part of the moon. This area is a large, dark basalt plain filled with ancient asteroid impacts.
"The dusty environment of the moon was one of the biggest challenges faced by astronauts during the Apollo lunar missions," said Dr. Michael Johansen of NASA. "It could have posed a risk to spacesuits and instruments." "
When a spacecraft lands on the moon, the dust disperses everywhere and settles on everything that lands there," said Dr. Johansen. "The Blue Ghost lander will study this dispersion of the dust and demonstrate solutions to mitigate it." Understanding
the "moon dust" is expected to play a key role in creating human habitats, buildings, and plants on the moon in the future. The mission is to repurpose the lunar regolith into a resource for humanity. It will not
only analyze the negative impacts on spacecraft and astronauts, but also develop a system to turn it into a resource. "(By analyzing the moon dust) we will find a unique opportunity to look holistically at the role of dust in surface infrastructure development, along with other core competencies, including field resource utilization, surface power, and lunar night survival," NASA officials said.
NASA plans to establish a basic system for building buildings and producing food on the moon through research on lunar dust. [Photo = NASA]
Above all, securing food is important for humans to settle and survive on the moon. This analysis of 'lunar dust' will also be used as basic data for growing food that humans will need while living on the moon using lunar regolith. Analyzing
'lunar dust' is expected to become the basis for studying Mars, which is located deeper in space. NASA said, "The ability to minimize interaction with lunar dust is important not only for lunar missions but also for Mars missions," and "Just like the moon, we must find a way to utilize Martian dust as a resource or use it as soil for growing plants."
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