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    7 months ago

    Moon dust is functionally a lot like asbestos. It is composed of a sizeable amount of tiny shards of rock that aren’t great for your lungs.

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        Any lunar dust that they made contact with would have found its way into the lunar module for them to breathe in and be exposed to.