Moon dust. Killer of men.
Mar. 6th, 2007 07:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wolven7'Giant lint rollers to collect dangerous Moon dust.'
'Magnetic wands and giant lint rollers may be among the tools NASA uses to keep dangerous lunar dust at bay when it returns to the Moon around 2020.
'While hailed as a potential source of oxygen and metals, Moon dust is a concern because doctors fear the smallest grains could lodge in astronauts' lungs, possibly causing long-term health effects.'
So that's the way of it now, eh? No new propulsion system. No new cabin designs?
No: Giant. Lint. Rollers.
Jeebus.
'Magnetic wands and giant lint rollers may be among the tools NASA uses to keep dangerous lunar dust at bay when it returns to the Moon around 2020.
'While hailed as a potential source of oxygen and metals, Moon dust is a concern because doctors fear the smallest grains could lodge in astronauts' lungs, possibly causing long-term health effects.'
So that's the way of it now, eh? No new propulsion system. No new cabin designs?
No: Giant. Lint. Rollers.
Jeebus.
