00:00This isn't a classic science experiment, but a highly interesting technical test.
00:05Scalps investigates how engine exhaust affects the moon during landing.
00:09Why is that important? Because we don't yet know exactly how dust kicked up during landing behaves
00:15around larger lenders. There are already some empirical data, but there is definitely still
00:20room for improvement here. Apollo scattered dust for miles. Starship's HLS is going to be a whole
00:26different caliber. That'll be really exciting to see. Once we start landing on a regular basis,
00:32we have to understand how much dust will be kicked up. Does that endanger neighboring infrastructure?
00:37Does that affect solar panels? Does that erode the hardware? All of that might sound trivial, but it's not.
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