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How to Make Roads on the Moon

ESA Project Tests the Creation of Roadworthy Surfaces

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Tom Patton
Oct 16, 2023
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When astronauts return to the lunar surface they are probably going to be doing more driving than walking – but to keep billowing moondust at bay they are going to need roads. An ESA project reported in a recent edition of Nature Scientific Reports tested the creation of roadworthy surfaces by melting simulated moondust with a powerfu…

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