Lunar Mud and Duct Tape

Why is the Moon so dusty? On Earth, rocks are weathered by wind and water, creating soil and sand. On the Moon, the historical previous of constant micrometeorite bombardment has blasted away at the rocky floor creating a layer of powdery lunar soil or regolith. For the Apollo astronauts and their tools, the pervasive, graceful, gritty mud became indubitably an field. On the lunar floor in December 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan wished to repair one of their rover’s fenders with a knowing to set up the rooster tails of mud far from themselves and their equipment. This characterize finds the wheel and fender of their mud covered rover in conjunction with the ingenious utility of spare maps, clamps, and a gray strip of “duct tape”.