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With 1/10 gravity dust also goes quite a lot higher. That's on top of lack of atmosphere letting dust float higher. Not to mention, there's going to be a lot more dust to kick up.

Anyway, the easiest way to get a feel for these things is to play some Kerbal Space Program. Try doing some moon flights. You'll quickly realize that the part of the mission that feels easiest on the home planet (landing) also feels the hardest on atmosphere-less bodies, and vice versa (e.g. taking off, or slowing for landing).




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