The impact of lunar dust on human exploration / edited by Joel S. Levine.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Levine, Joel S., editor.

ebrary, Inc.

Conference Name:

Lunar Dust and Its Impact on Human Exploration (Workshop) (2020 : Houston, Tex.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space science.

Lunar dust.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

When the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, they made a very important discovery. During their landing on the surface of the Moon, the exhaust gases released from the Lunar Module landing rockets caused large amounts of surface dust to move into the thin lunar atmosphere, causing obscuration of the lunar surface. Once they landed, they found that the surface of the Moon was covered with several inches of very fine, tiny particles composed of sharp, glassy material. The lunar dust stuck to everything it came in contact with, and, once on the lunar surface, the dust eroded their spacesuits, caused overheating on equipment and instrumentation, compromised seals on their spacesuits and on lunar sample collecting boxes, irritated their eyes and lungs, and generally coated everything very efficiently. On the return to Earth in the Apollo Command Module, lunar dust inadvertently brought aboard floated freely in their cabin causing problems. Now, 50 years later, humans will return to the Moon in the Artemis Program, as early as 2024. This book summarizes what we know about lunar dust, its structure and chemical composition, its impact on human health, and how to reduce/mitigate its effects on future human exploration. The four dozen contributors to the 14 chapters in the book are planetary scientists, engineers, mission planners, medical researchers and physicians from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), as well as universities and industry from the United States, Australia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden.

Contents:

Intro

Frontispiece

Table of Contents

Preface

Remembrance: Brian O'Brien

Section One

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Section Two

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Section Three

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

List of Contributors.

Notes:

Papers from a NASA workshop entitled "Lunar Dust and Its Impact on Human Exploration" held at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas on February 11-13, 2020.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9781527564428

1527564428

OCLC:

1236266500