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To: dr_lew

Characteristics, not quantity!

Deep dust had been predicted, and the first landing module’s feet had been unnecessarily wide and heavy to accommodate the expected depth that was not encountered.
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20 posted on 08/19/2014 4:17:22 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

There was plenty of dust. It got all over everything. Thomas Gold had predicted a layer of deep dust tens or hundreds of feet thick, but this was ruled out by the Surveyor landings, which gave a good idea of the surface characteristics.


43 posted on 08/19/2014 5:33:04 PM PDT by dr_lew
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