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From: bob@etive.ed.ac.uk (Bob Gray)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Apollo Ascent Modules
Message-ID: <2581@etive.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 19 Jul 89 11:31:57 GMT
References: <8907160317.AA01918@crash.cts.com> <8985@chinet.chi.il.us>
Reply-To: bob@etive.ed.ac.uk (Bob Gray)
Organization: Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer Project
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In article <8985@chinet.chi.il.us> john@chinet.chi.il.us (John Mundt) writes:
>Later flights had the ascent modules purposely were impacted into the surface of
>the moon to test seismic recording devices with a known force.  When the first

On the later flights the third stage of the Saturn V was
used for the same purpose after the LM had been unpacked.

It made a much bigger bang :->
	Bob.