Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Start Date
26-4-1995 2:00 PM
End Date
26-4-1995 5:00 PM
Description
The Moon is a hostile place. As shown Table 1, it has no atmosphere and temperatures range from as cold as liquid oxygen during the long lunar night to as hot as boiling water during the equally long day. Ionizing radiation varies from moderately high to rapidly .lethal. Meteoroids strike with explosive force. The ubiquitous dust is abrasive, particularly in vacuum. Some of the hazards have been exaggerated: for example, human bodies exposed to a vacuum do not explode as the blood boils, but they do require protection from the environment.
Paper Session II-C - Life Support Options and Costs
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
The Moon is a hostile place. As shown Table 1, it has no atmosphere and temperatures range from as cold as liquid oxygen during the long lunar night to as hot as boiling water during the equally long day. Ionizing radiation varies from moderately high to rapidly .lethal. Meteoroids strike with explosive force. The ubiquitous dust is abrasive, particularly in vacuum. Some of the hazards have been exaggerated: for example, human bodies exposed to a vacuum do not explode as the blood boils, but they do require protection from the environment.
Comments
Lunar Industrialization and Colonization
Session Chairman: Hyam Benaroya, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University
Session Organizer: Alan Drysdale