Moon soil? Can they actually say that? Do they know what soil is?Some Apollo Moon Samples 'Crumbling to Dust'
Some of the moon soil collected by Apollo astronauts has deteriorated significantly during its four-plus decades on Earth, a new study reports.
Scientists found that the median particle size in a set of 20 different Apollo soil samples held in laboratories for research use has decreased by more than half since the samples were first measured 40 years ago.
"It might be accurate to state that the Apollo lunar soils are literally crumbling to dust," the scientists, led by Bonnie Cooper of Hanyang University in South Korea, wrote in the new study.
http://www.space.com/30450-apollo-moon- ... ating.html"Leaching by water vapor causes the specific surface area of a lunar soil sample to multiply, and a system of pores develops," they wrote in the study, which was published online last week in the journal Nature Geoscience. "These structural changes may be attributed to the opening of existing, but previously unavailable, pore structure or the creation of new surfaces through fracturing of cement or dissolution of amorphous particles."
Cement, huh?
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But what's the solution? Well, quite simple of course — put it back in "space" before it's too late!
I'm guessing they mean something like, "This lie is hard to upkeep, let's pretend to hide it in an inaccessible location and say the stuff that didn't make it there just vanished!""Based on other evidence, it's possible that even the samples stored in nitrogen may be compromised," Cooper said.
There is no known way to restore degraded samples to their previous state, she said, adding that off-Earth storage is likely required to keep extraterrestrial material 100 percent pristine.