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From: dgd@ukc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Russian Space Program
Message-ID: <4200@ukc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-May-84 03:39:41 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 25 03:39:41 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 19-May-84 00:02:43 EDT
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>The Russians have *NEVER* returned soil samples from the moon.
>Yes, I did read the note that said they did, but whoever wrote it
>was either misinformed or simply ignorant.
>
>   smu!clardy
 
Perhaps you know something the rest of us don't. I will give you 
a reference at the end of this message and then you may assess the
last line of your message and judge exactly to whom it might
conceivably apply.

In 1970 a SOVIET unmanned lander ( LUNA-16) collected and returned to earth
some lunar soil fines from the Mare Fecunditas. LUNA-20 landed near
Appollinus C. Results have been published and the lunar material has been
sent to laboratories around the world (including the lab here at ukc).

In case you do not trust the Soviet literature, refer to

 NASA SP-370 1974 Part II
ed.s J.H. Pomeroy and N.J. Hubbard
Proceedings of The Soviet-American Conference on Cosmochemistry of the
               Moon and Planets.
Held in Moscow June 4-8 1974.

Published by NASA in 1977


With Best Wishes,
dgd@ukc