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Lunar 'Lawnmower' Devised for Moon Colonists

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the no-escaping-your-chores dept.

moon_unit_alpha writes "Future Moon residents may have to mow the lunar lawn. New Scientist Space reports that a planetary geologist has come up with a way to prevent Moon dust from sticking to space suits, getting into seals and damaging electronic and mechanical equipment - the lunar lawnmower. The mower could be hauled behind a lunar rover, generating microwaves that cause iron particles in the dust to clump together."

3 of 190 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Wait for the inevitable by Spytap · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome our lunar-lawn-wielding overlords...

  2. This actually dooms colonization... by SlashAmpersand · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I just know that the Patent Trolls over at Tidy Cat Industries are going to claim this infringes on their patent. Prepare to pay royalties for mowing your lunar lawn...

  3. Re:confused by delong · · Score: 0, Redundant

    how do you know there aren't any extremophiles

    Extremophiles? On the moon? More like absurdspeculationophiles.