Scheinkman Ryan, Janmohamed Sherief R, Ginsburg Sabrina, Houk Garrett, Gwillim Eran
Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Department of Dermatology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, Brussels, 1090, Belgium.
Arch Dermatol Res. 2024 Dec 6;317(1):77. doi: 10.1007/s00403-024-03639-0.
The Artemis program and lunar gateway present an opportunity to advance NASA's presence away from Earth's orbit and back to the Moon. Astronauts will be faced with many dermatological challenges unique to the lunar environment, such as the surface material on the Moon. We used PubMed and Google Scholar to perform a literature review with articles related to the effects of lunar dust on skin collated and analyzed to assess the dermatological implications of these missions. The effects of lunar dust on wound generation and healing were reviewed, while also analyzing passive and active measures used to minimize astronaut exposure to lunar dust. A myriad of methods involving advances in medicine and engineering (e.g. bioinspired texturing of materials, staged decontamination, emollients) will need to be employed to best protect astronauts from the effects of lunar surface materials and other insults to best protect the Artemis astronauts. These advances will help with future NASA missions to Mars and beyond as other terrestrial space bodies will likely present astronauts with similar dermatological insults from surface materials and regolith. Dermatologists can serve a role in helping researchers develop techniques to protect skin health and understand the pathophysiology involved with lunar dust exposure.
阿尔忒弥斯计划和月球门户为美国国家航空航天局（NASA）拓展其在地球轨道之外的影响力并重返月球提供了契机。宇航员将面临许多月球环境特有的皮肤学挑战，比如月球表面物质。我们利用PubMed和谷歌学术进行了文献综述，整理并分析了与月球尘埃对皮肤影响相关的文章，以评估这些任务对皮肤学的影响。我们回顾了月球尘埃对伤口产生和愈合的影响，同时分析了用于尽量减少宇航员接触月球尘埃的被动和主动措施。需要采用一系列涉及医学和工程学进展的方法（例如材料的仿生纹理化、分阶段去污、润肤剂），以最佳方式保护宇航员免受月球表面物质及其他伤害的影响，从而最好地保护阿尔忒弥斯任务中的宇航员。随着其他地球空间天体可能会给宇航员带来类似的因表面物质和风化层造成的皮肤学伤害，这些进展将有助于NASA未来的火星及更远任务。皮肤科医生可以在帮助研究人员开发保护皮肤健康的技术以及理解与月球尘埃暴露相关的病理生理学方面发挥作用。
