[Interview] Fighting Moon and Mars Dust with An Electric Shield

Dust is a big problem for Moon and Mars. It sticks to everything, breaks things, covers solar panels. So, how do you solve this problem? One possible solution is an electric shield that uses charged surfaces to repel the dust.

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🟣 Guest: Luca Scifoni
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📜 Performance of electrodynamic dust shields with functional surface coatings for lunar dust mitigation
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395286032_Performance_of_electrodynamic_dust_shields_with_functional_surface_coatings_for_lunar_dust_mitigation

00:00 Intro
02:24 Lunar dust
07:12 Mitigation strategies
10:46 Electrostatic shield
20:49 Not just the Moon
26:07 Potential tests
28:33 Current obsessions
33:11 Final thoughts

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