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Old 30-November-2004, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Flimshaw
I meant the conditions of the moon. How would we know what the environment etc. are like before we have landed there?
The space environmental had been studied and was well understood before the moon landings. If one understands the environment of space, the conditions on the Moon can be accurately predicted. Furthermore, we successfully landed five probes on the Moon prior to Apollo.
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