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References
[1] NASA Mission To Study Mysterious Lunar Twilight Rays https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/03sep_ladee
[2] The Apollo experience lessons learned for constellation lunar dust management https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/TP-2006-213726.pdf
[3] Self-cleaning spacesuits for future planetary missions using carbon nanotube technology https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576517318210?via%3Dihub
[4] 2015 NASA Technology Roadmaps https://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/home/roadmaps/index.html
[5] Lunar Dust Effects on Spacesuit Systems - Insights from the Apollo Spacesuits https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/strategies/ChristoffersenEtAl_NASA-TP-2009-214786_LunarDustEffectsSpacesuitSystems.pdf
[6] NASA Big Idea - 2021 Challenge https://bigidea.nianet.org/2021-challenge/2021-forum-results/
[7] Electrodynamic Dust Shield for Space Applications https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20160005317/downloads/20160005317.pdf
[8] Spacesuit Integrated Carbon Nanotube Dust Removal System - A Scaled Prototype https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/2346/74224/ICES_2018_278.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
[9] Safety considerations for SPIcDER - Spacesuit integrated carbon nanotube dust ejection/removal system https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468896721000987

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