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[Interview] Fighting Moon and Mars Dust with An Electric Shield
34 minutes Posted Sep 22, 2025 at 11:00 pm.
Intro
Lunar dust
Mitigation strategies
Electrostatic shield
Not just the Moon
Potential tests
Current obsessions
Final thoughts
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Dust is a big problem for Moon and Mars. It sticks to everything, breaks things, covers solar panels. So, how do you solve this problem? One possible solution is an electric shield that uses charged surfaces to repel the dust.
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🟣 Guest: Luca Scifoni
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📜 Performance of electrodynamic dust shields with functional surface coatings for lunar dust mitigation
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395286032_Performance_of_electrodynamic_dust_shields_with_functional_surface_coatings_for_lunar_dust_mitigation
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