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'''Page ''' - 175-186
'''Year''' - 2009
'''Keywords''' - Microrovers, biomimetics, terramechanics, legged locomotion
'''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2009.62.175
'''Number of Pages''' - 12
Abstract
Long before humans set foot on the ... the surface to date, but significant advances are made through surface-based exploration. Not only does this include the ...
... the atmosphere with the long (red) wavelengths. Since all the colors are now getting through the atmosphere, to our eyes the Moon appears white. The colors of the Moon as seen from the Earth's surface are also determined by the ...
The time it takes to travel to the Moon is largely a function of the amount of energy used to leave an orbit around the Earth. It could vary from two or three days to longer depending on the transfer orbit being used to reach the Moon. Travelers may then spend additional time in lunar orbit before going to the surface. It ...
... the far side of the Moon. The far side is always pointed away from the Earth because of the rotation period of the Moon matching that of Earth's. However it receives as much sunshine as the side of the Moon facing the Earth.
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Answer provided by Thomas Matula, Ph.D. & Kenneth J. Murphy
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The Moon spins, or rotates 360° on its axis, in the same amount of time that it revolves 360° around the Earth (a sidereal month). This is how it keeps the same side to the Earth all the time ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here
Category:Kids To Space
Category:Kids To Space - THE MOON
... the term micro-gravity. Weight is the force that the Earth exerts on objects. The Earth is pulling on the Shuttle astronauts with very nearly the same force that it does on the Earth's surface. It's the orbital motion, and the fact that the astronauts and Shuttle are orbiting at the same distance from the ...
... back on the ground. The air in your suit and the base will smell different, and will likely have a gunpowder tinge to it. There is nothing to hear in vacuum, though you'd feel the rare moonquake through the ground. Looking out across the Moon's surface your eyes would tell you that the perspective isn't right, the horizon's too close, and everything has a rounded, eroded look to it.
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Yes, the Moon has many holes from the impact of small meteors striking its surface, since there is no atmosphere to burn them up.
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Answer provided by Thomas Matula, ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here
Category:Kids To Space
Category:Kids To Space - THE MOON
Right at the surface the regolith is a fine powder, easily kicked up. Not too far down, ~ 2.5 to 5 inches, it starts getting compacted and harder.
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Answer provided by Thomas Matula ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here
Category:Kids To Space
Category:Kids To Space - THE MOON
From the Moon, the Earth's atmosphere looks like a thin envelope around the planet. Proportionally, our atmosphere is about as thick as the skin of a fair-sized apple.
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