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[Krel]

Scientist have figured out how to clean a spacesuit on the Moon. The Lunar dust sticks to everything, and is very hard to remove. The Apollo Moon Suits got dust covered very rapidly. Moon dust is very abrasive and is not something you want in your lungs or Lunar base.

They have figured out that if they spray the Moon Suit with liquid nitrogen, it cuts the static cling and gets about 90+ percent of the Moon dust off of the suit.

SCIENCE MARCHES ON!

David.

[Bud Brewster]

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Fascinating, Sir David!

When I read the title of your post, I immediately had several predictions concerning how a suit on the Moon should be cleaned.

First of all, I was certain it would need to be Dry Cleaned . . . because there's no liquid water on the Moon!

Second, I knew a standard clothes dryer wouldn't' work even if there was liquid water, because there's no air for the dryer to heat up!

As it turn out, I was right about the wrong way to do it . . . but I was wrong about the right way, too!

So, the only way left was the way that used a liquid that was NOT water!

That way also eliminated the need for a common clothes dryer, because the liquid nitrogen removes the static cling — something we have to use those Bounce sheets to get rid of on Earth.



But of course, on the Moon those suits won't need those . . . because things on the Moon just naturally Bounce!



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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)