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Nasa's Mars rover Curiosity has used its brush tool for the first time to sweep dust off the surface of a rock.
BBC: Curiosity Mars rover deploys its rock brush
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In 1994, as the Mandela government came to power, Motsepe left the law firm and struck out on his own, hoping to build a business contracting low-level labor like sweeping, where workers use brooms to glean gold dust from the rock surface after industrial mining crews have done their work.
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Brushing the surface of rocks with Curiosity's dust removal tool first enables the arm-held hand lens camera and X-ray spectrometer, in particular, to see features that might otherwise be obstructed.
BBC: Curiosity Mars rover deploys its rock brush
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The caesium finds its way into tiny pores on the surface, and the only way to remove it effectively is to grind off the surface, a difficult procedure which can create contaminated dust.
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Puffs of dust were evidence of the ball breaking the surface of the pitch as it landed - and batting last should be awkward.
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Since Eros's gravity is so small (a person on its surface would weigh only a few dozen grams), this dust probably could not have fallen into the craters in the way that it would on a heavier body.
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When I stepped onto the moon's surface, it felt cushiony, not gravelly thanks to all the dust.
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The extent of the damage is only beginning to come to the surface, but one thing is for sure: by the time all the dust settles, Americans will have a very different view about our financial system and the risks associated with excessive credit.
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Enveloped in a smog of coal dust that softens the sunlight into a hazy glow is the An Tai Bao surface coal mine.
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That's why scientists are so interested in water at poles, and the fact Moon dust works well with microwaves and could theoretically be used to make a paved surface if you created roads.
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