Dust Mitigation
In order to enable a sustainable exploration of the Moon, the focus group’s goals include identifying needs and gaps in dust mitigation, providing recommendations to foster development, and fielding that technology on future missions.
Lunar dust is a major challenge to robotic and human systems that impacts our ability to enable a sustainable presence on the Moon. The Dust Mitigation Focus Group aims to build a broad and diverse community of lunar and technology experts interested in identifying and developing solutions that minimizes the impact and hazard of lunar dust on robotic and human systems.
To continue to make progress towards the focus group goals, the Dust Mitigation Focus Group has decided to form the following 7 subgroups:
Establishing formal subgroups aligned with specific topics within dust mitigation will allow the group to more effectively identify the needs and gaps, provide recommendations, and field technology on future missions.
If you are interested in participating in the subgroups, please fill out this survey.
The LSIC Dust Mitigation monthly meetings usually occur on the third Thursday of the month at 12:00 PM ET. For meeting information and agendas, please see the LSIC Wiki on Confluence. To gain access to the Confluence page, please email lsic-wiki-admins@listserv.jhuapl.edu.
Materials & Surface Coatings
This subgroup will focus on how dust affects materials and surface coatings and explore mitigation tactics. Topics of interest include optical systems (viewports, camera lenses, solar panels, space suit visors, mass spectrometers, and other sensitive optical instruments) and thermal surfaces (thermal radiators, thermal painted surfaces, and thermal connections).
Seals, Soft Goods, & Fabrics
This subgroup will focus on how dust affects seals, soft goods, and fabrics and explore mitigation tactics. When looking at fabrics, topics of interest include space suit fabrics, soft wall habitats, and mechanism covers. Topics of interest for seals and soft goods include space suit interfaces, hatches, connectors, and hoses.
Mechanisms
This subgroup will focus on how dust affects mechanisms like linear actuators, bearings, rotary joints, hinges, quick disconnects, valves, and linkages, and explore mitigation tactics.
Monitoring & Filtration
This subgroup will focus on how monitoring and filtration factor into dust mitigation. Topics of interest include dust monitoring (cabin and external dust monitoring) and gaseous filtration (atmosphere revitalization, ISRU processes).
Modeling
This subgroup will focus on modeling dust plumes on the lunar surface to contribute to the focus group’s efforts on mitigation.
Lunar Surface Modification
This subgroup will focus on how lunar surface modification will impact dust mitigation. Topics of interest include lunar landing pads, dust free zones, and workspaces.
Isolation Technologies
This subgroup will focus on exploring technologies that keep dust out as a part of the dust mitigation effort.
November 2023
Path to Sustainable Technologies in the Lunar Surface Environment
October 2023
Dust Mitigation - Monthly FG Meeting
Cecily Sunday
September 2023
August 2023
Dust Mitigation - Monthly FG Meeting
Micah Schaible
April 2023
Dust Mitigation - Monthly FG
November 2022
LSIC Fall Meeting
Dr. Steve Robinson
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
Dust Mitigation - Monthly FG
June 2022
Dust Mitigation - Monthly FG
Ron Creel, Hunter Williams, Justin Scheidler, and Erica Montbach
May 2022
LSIC Spring Meeting
Robert D. Cabana
April 2022
Dust Mitigation + Excavation and Construction - Monthly FG
TBD
April 2022
MOSA Working Group
Chad Thrasher
March 2022
Dust Mitigation - Monthly FG
Anthony (Drew) Hood (NASA JSC) and Dr. Inseob Hahn (NASA JPL and Caltech)
February 2022
Dust Mitigation - Monthly FG
Dr. Kristen John (NASA JSC) & Dr. Christopher Wohl (NASA LaRC)
January 2022
December 2021
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
November 2021
Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium Fall Meeting
October 2021
Dust Mitigation - Monthly FG
September 2021
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
August 2021
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
July 2021
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
June 2021
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
May 2021
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
March 2021
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
February 2021
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
February 2021
Dust Mitigation Workshop
December 2020
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
November 2020
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
October 2020
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
October 2020
Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium Virtual Fall Meeting
Jim Bridenstine
September 2020
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
August 2020
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
July 2020
Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
June 2020
Kickoff Dust Mitigation Monthly FG
February 2020
Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium National Kickoff Meeting
Steve Jurczyk
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