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From: kcarroll@utzoo.UUCP (Kieran A. Carroll)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Russian space program - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 23-May-84 14:29:12 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 23 14:29:12 1984
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   In reply to "The Russians Have *NEVER* returned soil samples from the
moon...whoever (said they did) was either misinformed or simply ignorant."

   Well, I was the one that said they did. I'm not sure if I'm misinformed;
if so, then I was misinformed by a usually reliable source: to wit,
"Jane's Pocket Book of Space Exploration", by T.M. Wilding-White,
which I have open on the desk in front of me. The entry for the "USSR
Luna Sample Collector" definitely claims that Luna 16 obtained a 3.5 oz.
sample, and strongly indicates that this sample was returned to earth.
I could type in the text for the entry, if you wish. Let
me know.
   Now, why do you say the soviets definitely have not returned soil
samples from the moon? I agree that the lunar surface isn't made up of soil,
but of crushed lunar rock, with an admixture of micro-meteorites,
solar particles, cosmic-ray particles, etc. Is this what you meant?

-Kieran A. Carroll
...decvax!utzoo!kcarroll