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Completed TRL 3 (started at 1, targeting 3)
Demonstrate feasibility of the simplest, lowest-mass method of measuring density of a cloud of lunar soil ejected by rocket exhaust, using new math techniques with a small, low power laser/camera system.
It is critically important for NASA to create reliable methods for predicting the risks and expected hardware damage from high velocity, ejected soil during lunar landings.
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