48. What is it like on the Moon? (A K2S Question)

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It's very quiet. You'll hear nothing but the hum of the machinery in your spacesuit keeping you alive, your breathing, and your own heartbeat. If an asteroid were to strike, you would watch it in total silence, though you'd feel the energy transmitted through the ground through your boots. It's harder to judge distance. The Moon is a much smaller sphere than the Earth, and the horizon is much closer. This makes it harder to grasp how far away something really is. With no atmosphere to diffuse any light, everything is optically sharp, but everything on the Moon is rounded and softened by aeons of impacts of all sizes. There is a sharp contrast between lighted and shaded areas.

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Answer provided by Thomas Matula, Ph.D. & Kenneth J. Murphy

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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