http://www.universetoday.com/am/publ....html?10112005

"Summary - (Nov 10, 2005) One of the many hassles of returning humans
to the Moon will be the lunar dust. This tiny, gritty, static-loving
dust will get into everything, jamming seals, wearing down equipment,
and generally causing astronauts endless headaches. Larry Taylor from
the University of Tennessee is proposing that astronauts use a heated
"lawn mower" to melt the surface of the Moon around their base camp to
fuse the dust into larger pieces which won't be so destructive. Lunar
dust will melt down with surprisingly little energy because it contains
microscopic beads of pure iron which can fuse the grains together."

http://www.universetoday.com/am/publ....html?10112005

--Mike Jr.