#moonquakes — Public Fediverse posts
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The #Starship Human Landing System could be vulnerable to ground acceleration from nearby #moonquakes that would threaten their stability. Short-term missions, such as #Apollo, were relatively low-risk, but longer-duration projects face incrementally higher exposure https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/nicholas-schmerr-helps-identify-moonquake-dangers
The last operational #seismometer transmitted data until 1977 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_(natural_phenomenon)#Moonquake
Big lunar quakes last longer than they would on Earth https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/moonquakes-and-marsquakes/406516/
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U. of Maryland Geophysicist Helps Identify Moonquake Dangers that Could Threaten Future Missions
A new paper revealed that ground acceleration from moonquakes, rather than meteor impacts, was responsible for shifting lunar landscapes at Taurus-Littrow valley, where Apollo 17 landed in 1972.
https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/nicholas-schmerr-helps-identify-moonquake-dangers
#Moon #geology #moonquake #moonquakes #science #Apollo #space
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Scientists Call Out Apollo 17 After Investigating Moonquakes Past - In the vast realm of space exploration, new discoveries often emerge from old data... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/19/scientists-call-out-apollo-17-after-investigating-moonquakes-past/ #seismicactivity #currentevents #originalart #earthquakes #earthquake #moonquakes #moonquake #featured #science #seismic #space #moon