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Word: astrogeologist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1966-1966
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...emphasized Surveyor's charmed life. About 300 yds. from the craft, the camera picked out a field of boulders up to six feet in diameter. Had the spacecraft landed there, striking any stone at a bad angle, it might have toppled over. Said U.S. Geological Survey's Astrogeologist Eugene Shoemaker: "I think we were damn lucky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Surveyor's Luck | 6/17/1966 | See Source »

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