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Thread: The Moon's Orbit will be Destablized by TransOrbital
# 16894 byking_rodent on Sept. 19, 2002, 3:09 a.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
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> except for apollo 14 and on in which nasa archives did
> not separate out dry mass of descent stage
Don't forget, for at least one Apollo mission, the Saturn upper
stage was purposefully crashed into the moon. The astronauts placed
seismic equipment to monitor the shockwave. The Moon "rang like a
bell" IIRC from the impact.
Also, either Clemintine or Prospector crash landed as well.
king_rodent (putting the eek in geek)