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Re:NASA Awards $57M Contract to Build Roads on the Moon by throwawaymaths on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @04:37PM (#33887413)
Moon dust is totally weird stuff. Because there's no erosion, it's super shardey and pokey. This also means that points of contact between individual dust particles are minimal, so it's highly insulating and also has very poor thermal conductivity across the bulk.

I wonder if it would be worth it to set up a mid/high frequency vibration device up to the moon and just run it for a few months? Years? To cause vibrational contact erosion in the immediate environs of wherever you intend to land to soften up the shards... Would that even work?

Re:NASA Awards $57M Contract to Build Roads on the Moon by dr_dshiv on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @04:49PM (#33887570)
“I wonder if it would be worth it to set up a mid/high frequency vibration device up to the moon and just run it for a few months? Years? To cause vibrational contact erosion in the immediate environs of wherever you intend to land to soften up the shards...“

Love this. Very creative.