How far and fast will lunar dust fly from a retrorocket blast?

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Socrates II — 1/18/2008 2:03:48 PM (archived)

Important things to know before we go building a landing pad
next to a manned lunar base.

I have reported this before here, but it bears repeating: The
fine dust on Mars will act like a sandblaster when a ship fires
its retrorockets to land on the Red Planet. Landing pads will
need to be kept far from the habitats.

Is anyone looking into this, or will our astronauts find out the
hard way?

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Altair the next Moon lander - Raoul - 1/16/2008 7:24:40 PM
- How are 4 men going to fit into that? (n/t) - Lee - 1/17/2008 12:38:28 AM
  - Standing up (n/t) - Raoul - 1/17/2008 6:28:46 AM
    - Will they have some kind of base to live in at this point? - REB - 1/17/2008 3:15:07 PM
      - Perhaps, but watch out for all the dust kicked by Altair's landing! (n/t) - Raoul - 1/17/2008 8:07:15 PM
        
        How far and fast will lunar dust fly from a retrorocket blast? - Socrates II - 1/18/2008 2:03:48 PM
        
        When the LM ascent stages left the Moon, the TV cameras still showed good enough images minutes later - Raoul - 1/18/2008 8:12:45 PM
        
        Maybe eventually there could be a permenant base buried in a trench nearby? - TAFKASE - 1/18/2008 2:14:23 PM

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