Re:The Roomba for Lawns Is Really Pissing Off Astronomers
by drzaiusapelord on Thursday April 16, 2015 @11:14AM
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Perhaps I wasn't clear. This would be an unmanned telescope. We're talking a one time landing of a piece of equipment. Dust will be a non-issue after the initial landing.
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Re:The Roomba for Lawns Is Really Pissing Off Astronomers
by g-clef on Thursday April 16, 2015 @11:52AM
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Not necessarily. One of the interesting results from LADEE was that the measured lunar dust increased a few hours before the probe landed (attributed possibly to the geminid meteor shower). There's lots of stuff that can kick dust off the lunar surface.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Atmosphere_and_Dust_Envir...