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Published online 2 February 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070129-16
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Moon too static for astronauts?
Lunar settlements could face high-voltage sparks.
Lunar colonists could be in for a nasty shock — literally. A team of US scientists has found that the Moon's surface can become charged with up to several thousand volts of static electricity1.
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