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... of Pages''' - 12 Abstract The Soviet Union engaged in an extensive programme for the exploration of the moon, Mars and Venus from 1958 to 1989. Most attention has focused on the engineering and political aspects of ... review the Soviet project to map the moon, Mars and Venus and the key role played in the project by Yuri Lipsky and the Sternberg Astronomical Institute. This paper reviews the methods used, the mapping outcomes of the missions and the ...

The Moon does have gravity, so a vehicle on the Moon is possible. Motorcycles would have to be greatly altered to handle the special conditions on the Moon. They would need an electric motor and metal tires, and it would be really hard to get on one in a spacesuit. ---- Answer provided ...

... of about 25,000 mph to get to the Moon. To go faster, we would only need more fuel. But when we get closer to the Moon and are ready to orbit it, we will have to use a lot more fuel to slow us down so that we don't crash into the Moon. ---- Answer provided by John Cavallaro Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

The circumference of a circle is defined as 2Π r and is derived from the area of that circle Πr2 . The Moon has an average radius of 1,080 miles, and Π equals 3.14159, so the Moon's circumference is about 6,785 miles. ---- Answer provided by Thomas Matula, Ph.D. & Kenneth J. Murphy Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids ...

... 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 ...

... the Moon in a few hours, or Mars in a few weeks. This will be done by constantly speeding up until we are halfway there, turning off the engines and flipping over, and then using the ... speed for the Moon or Mars. Since the rocket is flipped around, the floor is still the floor and the occupants will still feel 1g—except during the quick 180 degree flip in the middle of the trip when ...

... flooded by lava when volcanoes erupted. The lava then froze, forming rock. Since that time, meteoroid impacts have created craters in the maria. http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/moon_worldbook.html (See CDROM) ---- Answer provided by Thomas Matula, Ph.D. & Kenneth J. Murphy Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the ...

... and smaller craters. Even Moon rocks and craters have craters on them, often called zap pits. One thing we do want to do on the Moon is count the craters of different sizes, and try to get a date of when they happened. This impact record will tell us a lot about when asteroids have likely hit the Earth in the past as well. ---- Answer provided by Thomas Matula, Ph.D. & Kenneth J. Murphy Image ...

... ago wrote a short story called A Fall of Moondust in which a tourist bus on the Moon sinks into a lake of Moon dust and becomes trapped. While a frightening thought, and one that seriously concerned early lunar scientists, scientists have generally found that while the soil ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - THE MOON

The number of mountains on the Moon is unknown, but due to the lack of air and water the mountain ranges on the Moon are very, very old— four or four and a half billion years ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - THE MOON

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