3 papers
astro-ph.IM2024
Rocket Exhaust Blowing Soil in Near Vacuum Conditions is Faster than Predicted by Continuum Scaling Laws
Philip T. Metzger
Experiments were performed to study how rocket exhaust blows soil in lunar and Martian conditions. Jets of gas were blown downwardly at various granular materials while a camera re…
astro-ph.EP2024
Erosion rate of lunar soil under a landing rocket, part 2: benchmarking and predictions
Philip Metzger
In the companion paper ("Erosion rate of lunar soil under a landing rocket, part 1: identifying the rate-limiting physics", this issue) an equation was developed for the rate that…
astro-ph.EP2024
Erosion rate of lunar soil under a landing rocket, part 1: identifying the rate-limiting physics
Philip Metzger
Multiple nations are planning activity on the Moon's surface, and to deconflict lunar operations we must understand the sandblasting damage from rocket exhaust blowing soil. Prior…