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Re: Imagine the first landing strip on the moon

From	Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de>
Newsgroups	sci.physics.relativity
Subject	Re: Imagine the first landing strip on the moon
Date	2015-08-08 02:33 +0200
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Am 04.08.2015 02:05, schrieb John Gogo:

>>>>> What would the descent be like at 1/8th gravity?
>>>>
>>>> Without an atmosphere, a landing strip makes no sense.
>>>
>>> Apollo 8 revolved around the moon umpteen times.  How does a spacecraft land on the moon's surface from this position?
>>
>> Apollo 8 didn't land.  The craft that did land, didn't use a landing strip.
>
> Was it the best way to land and take off?

The ONLY way possible (at time of the Apollo program) was vertical 
landing, because they had no landing strips then.

To try similar as 'rough landing' and to land horizontal without a 
landing strip could easily make the craft end up at a rock or in a crater.

To avoid landing altogether was certainly easier. But if landing on the 
Moon was the task, than the spaceship had to land.


TH

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Re: Imagine the first landing strip on the moon John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-02 19:46 -0700
  Re: Imagine the first landing strip on the moon pcardinale@volcanomail.com - 2015-08-03 12:39 -0700
    Re: Imagine the first landing strip on the moon John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-03 17:05 -0700
      Re: Imagine the first landing strip on the moon Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2015-08-08 02:33 +0200

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