I’m pretty sure everyone is allergic to having their skin and lungs rubbed with mica.
Moon dust
Submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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JoYo@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
verdare@beehaw.org 11 months ago
Yeah, moon dust is basically microscopic shrapnel. No one should be breathing that shit in.
xkforce@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Moon dust is functionally a lot like asbestos. It is composed of a sizeable amount of tiny shards of rock that aren’t great for your lungs.
stiephel@feddit.de 11 months ago
Yea, you should really consider that before breathing on the moon
xkforce@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Any lunar dust that they made contact with would have found its way into the lunar module for them to breathe in and be exposed to.
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Isn’t moon dust just sand?
cynar@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s sand that has never been exposed to water or oxygen. This leaves various reactive chemicals on the surface that would normally be broken down. The lack of water also means the particles haven’t been smoothed off as much. They are sharp and spiky.
The combination of these effects makes the dust quite unique, compared to earth dust.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
It also reportedly smells like gunpowder.
vind@lemmy.world 11 months ago
50% SiO2, 15% Al2O3, 10% CaO, 10% MgO, 5% TiO2 and 5-15% iron
0110010001100010@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And 100% reason to remember the name.
nxdefiant@startrek.website 11 months ago
All those oxides but the iron is pure? SUS.
Umbrias@beehaw.org 11 months ago
Sand, but sharp due to a lack of water erosion, and formed mostly from asteroid impacts and thermal cycling. So it’s more like glass dust. It’s possible it had similar effects on lungs as asbestos, but we don’t know for sure.
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Ah got it.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 11 months ago
Jack Schmidt = Anakin confirmed.
rustydomino@lemmy.world 11 months ago
More like Jack Schmidt = Cave Johnson
halvar@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Not being allergic to finely graded rocks that have been bathing in radiation for billions of years seems more unlikely.
Windex007@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The sample size is at least a little bit bigger…
Some guy stole moon rocks (presumably still had moon dust on them) to bang his gf on them.
salarua@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
better link: www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/…/748813
don’t use amp links pls
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Roberts was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for his role in the Moonrock caper, as well as a separate offence of stealing dinosaur bones from a museum in Utah.
I’m afraid to ask what he did to the bones!
Windex007@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Thank you so much
Raxiel@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So, if someone were to crash the moon into the earth to stop it escaping, as many as 1/12 of the population could experience a reduced quality of life?
Might need to consider not doing that I suppose.
gitamar@feddit.de 11 months ago
Any reliable source for this? Wikipedia does not have anything to say about this. He’s a climate change denier though.
triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 11 months ago
wow seems you’re absolutely right livescience.com/63836-harrison-schmitt-climate-ch…
very sad 😔
Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 11 months ago
grubberfly@mander.xyz 11 months ago
what’d be the smallest sample size that would yield a relevant result?
30? 1000?
Gonzako@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Me. Just get me there
Shellbeach@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Can we not… Just… Bring back some moon dust?
flora_explora@beehaw.org 11 months ago
Well, if humans were a homogeneous population maybe that could work. But just imagine the huge number of factors at play here. Like, demographics, cultural background (different exposures & different allergy rates in general I would guess), genetic susceptibilities, individual lifestyles (e.g smoking) and probably a lot more! Even a sample size of 1000 seems pretty small to test for general human allergy rates to moon dust. If you were talking about just one population of humans, e.g. maybe the US, you probably would need more than 30 but maybe not 1000.
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 11 months ago
For reference: newsweek.com/last-man-walk-moon-allergic-lunar-du…
But. Moon dust is poisonous and gets everywhere.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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