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A comment on The Damage to Lunar Orbiting Spacecraft Caused by the Ejecta of Lunar Landers. Parent comment

Re:The Damage to Lunar Orbiting Spacecraft Caused by the Eje... by adastra22 on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @02:55PM (#36049055)
Or add an atmosphere to the moon. Even a tenuous one would prevent this.
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Re:The Damage to Lunar Orbiting Spacecraft Caused by the Eje... by nomel on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @03:21PM (#36049455)
A discussion about that: https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/12576/could-the-mo...
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Re:The Damage to Lunar Orbiting Spacecraft Caused by the Eje... by belter on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @04:27PM (#36050408)
As mentioned in the link below, the Moon has a tiny atmosphere.
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Re:The Damage to Lunar Orbiting Spacecraft Caused by the Eje... by adastra22 on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @07:56PM (#36052311)
No, it has an exosphere. The difference being an exosphere gas particles are more likely to collide with the ground at the end of a parabolic trajectory than to collide with other gas molecules, so you don't really get any of the properties characteristic of atmospheres.
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