NASA’S Dirty Secret: Moon Dust ... “The major issue the Apollo astronauts pointed out was dust, dust, dust,” says Professor Larry Taylor, Director of the Planetary Geosciences Institute at the University of Tennessee. Fine as flour and rough as sandpaper, Moon dust caused ‘lunar hay fever,’ problems with space suits, and dust storms in the crew cabin upon returning to space.
Characteristics, not quantity!
Deep dust had been predicted, and the first landing module’s feet had been unnecessarily wide and heavy to accommodate the expected depth that was not encountered.
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