CU Boulder LASP researchers earn NASA prize to fund space dust technology

CU Boulder LASP researchers earn NASA prize to fund space dust technology

A team of researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder has won a NASA prize that they will use to further develop their space technology that can remove and repel space dust. The technology, called the Electron Beam Dust Mitigation system, uses electron beams to repel and remove space dust from surfaces, including spacesuits, solar panels, optical lenses and thermal blankets. The technology has demonstrated cleaning efficacy of up to 92% fo…