The rocket exhaust of spacecraft landing on the Moon causes a number of observable effects that need to be quantified, including: disturbance of the regolith and volatiles at the landing site; damage to surrounding hardware such as the historic Apollo sites through the impingement of high-velocity ejecta; and levitation of dust after engine cutoff through as-yet unconfirmed mechanisms. While often harmful, these effects also beneficially provide insight into lunar geology and physics. Research results from the past 10 years is summarized and reviewed here.


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    Title :

    Effects of Spacecraft Landings on the Moon


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ; 2013 ; The Woodlands, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2013-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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