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astro-ph.EP2023★ 11 cited
The Damage to Lunar Orbiting Spacecraft Caused by the Ejecta of Lunar Landers
Philip T. Metzger, James G. Mantovani
This manuscript analyzes lunar lander soil erosion models and trajectory models to calculate how much damage will occur to spacecraft orbiting in the vicinity of the Moon. The soil…
astro-ph.EP2019★ 29 cited
Measuring the Fidelity of Asteroid Regolith and Cobble Simulants
Philip T. Metzger, Daniel T. Britt, Stephen Covey +5
NASA has developed a "Figure of Merit" method to grade the fidelity of lunar simulants for scientific and engineering purposes. Here we extend the method to grade asteroid simulant…