surfduke wrote:
See this link:

http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Wat...ndust_999.html

Looks like the Space 1999 Eagle Pad is out, (2001 dome covered elev.
pad is in, (LOL)). I have seen the camera on display, (but never read
about the study refer. to in this article).

Have a great day,


They may have to build a wall around the landing pad to catch the dust
being blown around or construct a slid metal landing pad in the shape of
a shallow bowl to vector the exhaust upward as the vehicle lands.
There's another problem here they didn't mention...the exhaust gas
itself isn't going to slow down after leaving the engine bell, and is
going to hit the lunar surface at full exit velocity from quite a ways
up; so you could be blowing dust all over the place from several
thousand feet up on approach to the landing site.
What you definitely don't want is a astronaut outside being sandblasted
as a vehicle descends or lifts off.

Pat