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Scientists plan to melt moondust to make lunar roads. Astronauts may have to do more moon-driving than moon-walking during future missions. (www.sciencefocus.com)
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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.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

While the moon has basically no atmosphere, I don't think it would matter much. Plenty of lunar dust would get blown around by the force of the engines, and the mass or that dust would contribute. Beyond that, the exhaust itself has a lot of force, and is probably plenty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HQfauGJaTs

Look at the Apollo missions taking off, it's quite violent for the surround area.

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