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Comment by sampo | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]sampo · 2026-11-15 Sun 00:34 UTC · link
> humans on Mars

Only recently I read how the dust on Mars surface is toxic, contains those unhealthy ultrafine particles (PM2.5 and PM0.10) and sticks to almost all surfaces. It will be difficult to keep from getting inside a habitat.

https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/mars-dust-is-toxic-how-...

And how the Apollo astronauts got "lunar hay fever", allergy-like symptoms from the lunar dust that stuck outside their space suits and so got carried inside their lunar module.

https://www.esa.int/articles/about-us/directorates/human-and...