Pat Flannery wrote:
They're quite concerned about that also.
Maybe they can use some sort of high pressure air hose to blow the
dust off the suits and recycle the air from the airlock back through
a filter and into the hose again,, until all the dust is trapped in
the filter rather than on the suits or interior of the airlock.
It would take two astronauts to do it right, but I assume just like
in skindiving they'd use a buddy system for EVAs rather than going
outside solo.

An automated astronaut wash - smallish booth, first a dust-off, then
some gentle bristled rotating brushes, and perhaps some spray-wax at
the end to keep things shiny When/if water gets really abundant
perhaps a hosing-down in there somewhere followed by an air-dry.
PA/radio plays "Carwash" while all this happens.

Sounds like fodder for another NASA challenge.

rick jones
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