Scientists plan to melt moondust to make lunar roads. Astronauts may have to do more moon-driving than moon-walking during future missions.::If we want space missions to be successful, we need to build Moon roads. Scientists plan to use lasers and moondust - here’s how.
Someone tell the c/FuckCars people, this’ll really piss them off lol
As much as I’d love to bike on the moon, our rovers don’t last more than a few hours at most when dealing with lunar regolith - it’s highly abrasive and gets everywhere
Yes, it’s very irritating lol. Basically, you know how sand is fairly abrasive by our standards? Well, sand has had millennia to get smoothed over by the natural cycles of our planet. As such, it’s fairly smooth all things considered.
Lunar regolith has not had that same opportunity. It is extremely sharp - sharp enough to cut kevlar. There’s a reason so much engineering goes into making EVA suits for lunar environments.
Talk to Cave Johnson about the dangers of ground up moon rocks…
Should the headline be “discovered” instead of “plan”? Plan makes it sound like this is in work despite discovering how to do that so recently.
Jon madden
Cruising in an old chrysler with Frank Sinatra on speakers. Fly me to the moon.
