Re: Managing Mars/Moon dust risks
Could be very muddy.
What if some of the stuff reacts to make nasty stuff when it gets wet, and does terminal things to the exotic fabrics and materials of a spacesuit?
That picture of the grimy astronauts in "Full Moon" comes to mind.
Didn't you mention that the suits used in the longest missions were basically worn out from just a couple of days on luna?
What about a CO2 jet system that could 'air' shower dust away, and then transition into an ante chamber filled with CO2 that could then be vacuumed up in a super dustbuster?
The materials problems of abrasive dust is going to be exremely important..and potentially deadly.
Ed
