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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 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[-] Maddie@sh.itjust.works 89 points 11 months ago

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

[-] ieightpi@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago

Shiiiiit. Moon trains anybody?

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

I’ll take the moon subway

[-] Andy@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

Moonorail?

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

My first thought when reading the headline was how pissed is the fuckcars movement gonna be when they find your carbrains are building roads on the moon lol

[-] anti_antidote@lemmy.zip 12 points 11 months ago

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

[-] at_an_angle@lemmy.one 11 points 11 months ago

Like sand?

[-] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Worse actually, but I get the reference.

[-] anti_antidote@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago

Yes, it's very irritating lol. Basically, you know how sand is fairly abrasive by our standards? Well, sand has had millennia to get smoothed over by the natural cycles of our planet. As such, it's fairly smooth all things considered.

Lunar regolith has not had that same opportunity. It is extremely sharp - sharp enough to cut kevlar. There's a reason so much engineering goes into making EVA suits for lunar environments.

[-] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I don't like sand it's abrasive course and it gets everywhere wearing my tires down

[-] Gladaed@feddit.de 6 points 11 months ago

Cars are great, if there are few. Can't have everyone in one when you live densely.

[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

So Michael Jackson is outdated now. :-)

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago

Those damn murder machines keep ruining all that perfectly good moon cheese. They should simply walk the 13 miles to the mission location instead.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Lol, those people are worse than preachy vegans and Linux supremecists combined. They're one of the few communities I've blocked completely.

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