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It's Looking Increasingly Likely India's Historic Lunar Lander Is Dead For Good (www.sciencealert.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The issue with a manned mission to the moon is still going to be dust. Moon dust is sharp and jagged due to the complete lack of weathering.

It was actually a huge problem for the Apollo missions.

One of the major hurdles of figuring out how to do a longer lunar mission is figuring out how to handle the dust. It can completely compromise the joints and seals of a standard space suit in about a dozen hours.