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Post by msdemos on Jan 22, 2020 19:36:58 GMT
So, here you have the LEM ("Eagle"), as shot by Michael Collins not long after it separated from the Command Module, just prior to its descent for landing on the moon back in July of 1969 ("Summer Of '69", anyone ??), with the three extended surface probes attached to the bottom of the landing pads. If I'm not mistaken (and if I am, please correct me), those probes were responsible for indicating the craft's first contact with the surface of the moon, just prior to touchdown. The question is, were those probes meant to be driven into the lunar crust as the full weight of the craft settled on the surface, or did they simply just crumple up underneath the pads, having already fulfilled their main (only?) function, once the LEM had landed? And was that their only function (signalling imminent touchdown), or were they designed to do anything else other than that, once the Eagle had landed (or prior to that)? Anyone ?? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4372046/Apollo-photos-inside-look-11-historical-flights.html?ITO=applenewsSAVE FERRIS
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2020 4:35:07 GMT
So, here you have the LEM ("Eagle"), as shot by Michael Collins not long after it separated from the Command Module, just prior to its descent for landing on the moon back in July of 1969 ("Summer Of '69", anyone ??), with the three extended surface probes attached to the bottom of the landing pads. If I'm not mistaken (and if I am, please correct me), those probes were responsible for indicating the craft's first contact with the surface of the moon, just prior to touchdown. The question is, were those probes meant to be driven into the lunar crust as the full weight of the craft settled on the surface, or did they simply just crumple up underneath the pads, having already fulfilled their main (only?) function, once the LEM had landed? And was that their only function (signalling imminent touchdown), or were they designed to do anything else other than that, once the Eagle had landed (or prior to that)? Anyone ?? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4372046/Apollo-photos-inside-look-11-historical-flights.html?ITO=applenewsSAVE FERRISTHey
They would almost certainly retract as they were pushed back by the contact with the surface. I cannot imagine they knew enough about the consistency of the surface to think they would be driven into it.
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