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Re:Everything About Mars Is the Worst (2017) by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday June 10, 2024 @05:14AM (#40631617)
> You can cover large areas with solar panels that will generate way more energy and won't get covered in dust.

Once there are regular landings on the Moon, dust management will be an issue, either at source on the landing pad, or where it lands, which will be just about everywhere on the moon.

https://www.space.com/4956-lunar-landers-sandblasted-moon.ht...

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lunar-dust-could-...

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-seeks-student-solutio...

Re:Everything About Mars Is the Worst (2017) by firesteelrain on Monday June 10, 2024 @06:11AM (#40631937)
Isn’t the moon dust sharp too? Barbed like?
Re:Everything About Mars Is the Worst (2017) by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday June 10, 2024 @07:26AM (#40632390)
Yes. From the 2nd link:

> moon dust is nasty stuff. The jagged material

It has never been smoothed by wind and water erosion or reacted chemically with the same.