Waspie_Dwarf Posted March 20, 2014 #1 Share Posted March 20, 2014 'Shrapnel' risk to future Moon surface missions The "shrapnel" generated by small space rocks that periodically hit the Moon may pose a larger risk to lunar missions than was previously believed.A number of countries and private consortia have stated their plans to send robotic and crewed missions to the lunar surface in the coming decades. A relatively small impact on the Moon last year hurled hundreds of pieces of rocky debris out of the crater. Many were travelling at the speed of a shotgun blast. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted March 24, 2014 #2 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Future astronauts landing on the Moon may be at risk from an entirely unexpected source of danger. ...and previous missions where not? Looks like we got lucky so far with the astronauts (maybe not with the equipment though). Edited March 24, 2014 by Junior Chubb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted March 24, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted March 24, 2014 ...and previous missions where not? Previous manned missions spent only hours on the Moon (75 hours for Apollo 17, the longest to date). In the future we will build bases there so quite obviously the risk will be considerably greater. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted March 24, 2014 #4 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Previous manned missions spent only hours on the Moon (75 hours for Apollo 17, the longest to date). In the future we will build bases there so quite obviously the risk will be considerably greater. Best to say inside them then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted March 24, 2014 #5 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Just wear your Kevlar undies Edited March 24, 2014 by paperdyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugly1 Posted March 25, 2014 #6 Share Posted March 25, 2014 This just in, Nasa has watched the movie Gravity starring Sandra Bullok and George Clooney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted March 25, 2014 #7 Share Posted March 25, 2014 No doubt this information will attract moon landing conspirators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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