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From: ems@Apple.COM (Mike Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: SPACE Digest V9 #212
Message-ID: <579@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 7 Feb 89 23:38:12 GMT
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In article <602189018.amon@H.GP.CS.CMU.EDU> Dale.Amon@H.GP.CS.CMU.EDU writes:
>> (Quick, how many open questions about the moon can you think of?
>> How many of those could be resolved by returning there?)
>
>Is there lunar polar water?
[...]
>So what don't we know about the moon?
[...]
and also ... what don't we know about man/moon interactions?  How
do bodies perform after a year in 1/6th G (as opposed to 0 G in LEO)?
Rather than dealing with rotational platforms in orbit, put one on
the moon and do lunar research on the side...
-- 

E. Michael Smith  ems@apple.COM

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