Evaluation of Surface Modification as a Lunar Dust Mitigation Strategy for Thermal Control Surfaces
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Three surface treatments were evaluated for their ability to lower the adhesion between lunar simulant dust and AZ93, AlFEP, and AgFEP thermal control surfaces under simulated lunar conditions. Samples were dusted in situ and exposed to a standardized puff of nitrogen gas. Thermal performance before dusting, after dusting, and after part of the dust was removed by the puff of gas, were compared to perform the assessment. None of the surface treatments was found to significantly affect the adhesion of lunar simulants to AZ93 thermal control paint. Oxygen ion beam texturing also did not lower the adhesion of lunar simulant dust to AlFEP or AgFEP. But a workfunction matching coating and a proprietary Ball Aerospace surface treatment were both found to significantly lower the adhesion of lunar simulants to AlFEP and AgFEP. Based on these results, it is recommended that all these two techniques be further explored as dust mitigation coatings for AlFEP and AgFEP thermal control surfaces.
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Deposition of levitated lunar particles on exposed equipment surfaces causes obscuration of solar panels, dimness of optical surfaces, degradation of thermal surface performance, false measurements by instruments and frequent replacement of costly devices.
“The majority of the levitated adhesive particles fall back toward the lunar surface (See Fig. 1) and deposit on the exposed equipment surfaces, causing obscuration of solar panels (Mazumder et al., 2003), dimness of optical surfaces, degradation of thermal surface performance (Gaier et al., 2011), false measurements by instruments and frequent replacement of costly devices.”
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The majority of levitated adhesive particles fall back toward the lunar surface and deposit on exposed equipment surfaces.
“The majority of the levitated adhesive particles fall back toward the lunar surface (See Fig. 1) and deposit on the exposed equipment surfaces, causing obscuration of solar panels (Mazumder et al., 2003), dimness of optical surfaces, degradation of thermal surface performance (Gaier et al., 2011), false measurements by instruments and frequent replacement of costly devices.”
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“A cloud of levitated lunar grains with high affinity of adhering to the nearby surfaces, which hampered the lunar surface operations, was observed during the entire Apollo program (from 1969 to 1973) (Gaier, 2005; Stubbs et al. , 2006; Colwell et al. , 2009; Gaier et al. , 2011).”
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- Gaier, J., Waters, D., Banks, B., Misconin, R., & Crowder, M.
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- Glenn Research Center (US)
- Alphaport, Inc.
- Ball Aerospace
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- 41st International Conference on Environmental Systems
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- 2011-07-17
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- W2159707166
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- 4.33
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- conference paper
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- en
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- hdl.handle.net
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- International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES) (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Glenn Research Center
- Johnson Space Center
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Spacecraft Design and Technology
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Space Exploration and Technology
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Planetary Science and Exploration
- Keywords
- lunar dust mitigation, thermal control surfaces, dust adhesion
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