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These findings are beginning to suggest that the moon may well prove to be far more like the earth than many scientists had imagined. Study of the patterns of seismic events, NASA geologists say, seems to indicate that the moon, like the earth, may be a multilayered body with a basaltic crust perhaps twelve miles thick (v. a maximum of 25 miles on earth), and a hot interior core. Apollo's preliminary findings are also persuading some distinguished scientists to consider re-examining their lunar theories. Among them is Nobel Chemistry Laureate Harold C. Urey, long a proponent...
...astronauts, who will remain in quarantine until next week, took no part in the scientific examination of the rocks. But they were kept busy in their sealed-off quarters in the LRL with daily debriefings with NASA officials and fellow astronauts, including the crewmen of the scheduled Apollo 12 flight in November. Many of the discussions centered on such technical problems as the lunar module's limited fuel reserves. Because Neil Armstrong was forced at the last minute to take over the controls to avoid setting down in a boulder-strewn crater, NASA has scheduled landings on only...
...Buzz Aldrin three, but neither man has displayed any obvious ill-effects from the gravity-free flight, the lunar stroll or the lunar environment. Mike Collins, who remained behind in the command ship, lost no weight at all. Locked away with 16 other men-including two doctors and a NASA public relations man-the astronauts spent their free hours playing pingpong, watching color TV and reading the accounts of their voyage (which are sent through an air lock and sterilized by ultraviolet light). After their leisurely evening meals (sample menu: T-bone steak, a bottle of 1964 Chateau Lafite Bordeaux...
Though the astronauts will not make any public statements until after their release on Aug. 12, NASA announced that, at Armstrong's request, it is amending the record of his first words on the moon. Armstrong explained that the article "a" had apparently been lost in transmission back to earth. Thus his statement should read: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." The change reflected the humility of the first mortal to reach the moon...
...light and dark, each of which was converted into six bits of computer information. That five-minute job involved more than 4,000,000 bits for each picture. The poky equipment on Mariner 4 needed 81 hours to make a less detailed picture. After being picked up by NASA's huge, 210-ft. Goldstone radio "ear" in the Mojave Desert, the signals were translated by a Univac 1219 computer back into light and shadow, line by vertical line...