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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)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Someone tell the c/FuckCars people, this'll really piss them off lol

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Like sand?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Worse actually, but I get the reference.

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