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What makes the moon's surface so difficult to deal with? Thomas Moore has visited a simulator mimicking the lunar surface to better understand the challenge facing astronauts hoping to step foot on the moon in the future. 🔗

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Statistics Speak6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas If Apollo 11 landed on the Moon in 1969, why is Artemis II only flying around it instead of landing?

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Bret Clement6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas Did he just say the Moon has no gravity?

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Mix-Master6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas Once again proving NO ONE has ever landed on the moon!

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Pascal Lymington6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas Nearly 60 years ago they did it 6 times. Think about the huge jump in technology and computing since the early 70's !!! How on Earth is NASA so dumb today 😳 Sorry, I don't get it at all.

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MMA FIXED6 months ago

This guy is an idiot, and they should have fact-checked what he said before they sent it out. On the Moon there’s essentially no atmosphere, so dust doesn’t stay suspended in air the way it does on Earth. When it’s disturbed, it follows a ballistic path—like a thrown object in a vacuum—so it goes up and comes back down in a curved arc (a parabola), governed by gravity.

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notme6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas Have they tried using a picnic chair again?

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War Intel Monitor6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas Why doesn’t the dust being kicked up by the rover linger?

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ANGEL TOPEDO6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas “Oh see, they just exposed themselves” Yeah cos they are so dumb to show you the stuff they used to fake the moon landing. You people should think oo lmao.

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RC6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas These are the sort of projects that DOGE stopped government funding for

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Brad20216 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas More they speak like this the more it becomes obvious we never went to the moon in the first place.

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Keith Johnson6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas This is Propaganda. The models used by Nasa to understand conditions on the moon do not have great fidelity. This is very speculative.

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paul murray6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas Sorted

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HUS/lcn6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas The regolith does not swirl and “form a cloud”. There’s no atmosphere to interact with, it falls straight down in an arc.

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CRUSHΞD ICΞ6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas 2026: This stuff is super dangerous. You must very careful Meanwhile in 1969:

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Alo3606 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas The Moon’s surface is extremely challenging due to its fine, abrasive regolith that clings to equipment, extreme temperature swings, and very low gravity that complicates movement and stability. These factors make even basic operations difficult for astronauts and machinery.

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Skally5 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas Why don’t we just do what we did before… right?

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Hamish Soutar 🐭6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas Ah yes, the moon dust: difficult to walk or drive on, but no problem landing or launching the Apollo craft from it. Weird that.

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Fever Lyfe 👁️6 months ago

Is it possible to organize the dust? Thru an emitted frequency to hold it in position for the landing of the vehicle Or even adding a tuned frequency that can be distributed thru the ship to clear dust off the ship and also point n aim the direction for stability clearing might work

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Sergio Troisi6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas This clearly leads to the conclusion that we have never been on the moon...

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Zoom6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas Wasn’t this done in 1969? Why acting like this is impossible and doing it today with all the technological advancement is somehow more challenging? Sus

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Mutambu Joses (25/26 EPL 🏆)🇰🇪6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas This is how they did it 😅

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𝕸𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖊á𝖑 𝕱𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖊𝖑𝖑6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas Without gravity? The moon has gravity you morons

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CosmologyAstrology6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas They already been there done that 🤣😂🤣 behaving as if this is the first time we are going there 😁☺️

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All Floors Matter6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas fuck off

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Howard Griffiths ☀️6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas

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james josh6 months ago

Sky News nailed it with this report. The moon's regolith is nasty stuff – super fine, abrasive dust that sticks to everything and makes walking or driving a real nightmare in low gravity. Proper testing in simulators like this is exactly why Artemis is taking a smart, step-by-step approach instead of rushing. Safety first for the next generation of lunar explorers. Solid journalism. 🚀

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Paul B5 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas Amazing how no cement mix (sorry dust) touched the lander 🧐🧐 ???

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The Emperor Son6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas That Sky News reporter is obsessed with masks! 😷 😂

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SEANIE6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas Neil and Buzz had no problems with the moon dust 🤔💭🤔

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Tris.6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas 🤡

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WalterWhyte6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas No one is landing on the moon surface anytime soon

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Litingwa5 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas If you landed on the moon before, shouldn't you just use the previous notes?

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Nongolozo5 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas He's mumbling lol .

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Paul Greenwood6 months ago

@SkyNewsThomas moore have you got a tie on

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