CPC B64G 1/46 (2013.01) [B03C 3/155 (2013.01); B64G 6/00 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system to remove dust from an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) worn by an astronaut in a deep space environment, the system comprising:
one or more ionic shower units installed external to an interior volume of a facility, each ionic shower unit being configured to release positively charged ions and negatively charged ions in a specified direction to neutralize the dust and generate neutralized dust, wherein the interior volume of the facility is defined by an interior hatch that is separated from an exterior hatch by an airlock; and
one or more collection units installed external to the interior volume, each collection unit being configured to trap the neutralized dust to prevent the dust from entering the interior volume.
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