The surface of the moon is covered with very fine, very sharp, electrostatically-charged powder. Landing rockets blasts that powder everywhere at high velocity. Landing the first rocket is fine, landing next to anything is where the problem starts; now you're sandblasting everything nearby.
The surface of the moon is covered with very fine, very sharp, electrostatically-charged powder. Landing rockets blasts that powder everywhere at high velocity. Landing the first rocket is fine, landing next to anything is where the problem starts; now you're sandblasting everything nearby.