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...peak called Mount Hadley. Another mountain, Hadley Delta, only slightly less majestic at 12,000 ft., looms directly to the south. To the west is a winding, milewide, 1,200-ft.-deep canyon. Yet two U.S. astronauts are scheduled to land in the midst of that treacherous terrain at 6:15 p.m. E.D.T., Friday, July 30. Their landing will mark the beginning of man's fourth and most daring lunar assault...
...million-lb. rocket will hurl U.S. astronauts toward a perilous landing at the foot of the moon's towering, 12,000-ft.-high Apennine Mountains. During their 67-hour visit, twice as long as any previous stay, they will crisscross more than 22 miles of lunar terrain, traveling to the very edge of a winding, quarter-mile-deep gorge called Had ley Rille in the forbidding lunar highlands. Before their return to earth with an expected haul of 250 Ibs. of moon rocks, they will put a tiny scientific satellite into lunar orbit...
...enough navigational gear (a gyroscope, an odometer and a computer) that the astronauts should always know their location in relation to the lunar module. Scott and Irwin may find the equipment extremely helpful: last February, the Apollo 14 astronauts became so confused by the moon's baffling, undulating terrain that they briefly lost their bearings...
...This has forced the Department of Interior to delay construction until the land claims can be settled. Then there were the complaints that the pipeline would ravage Alaska's ecology. The pipeline would traverse three rugged mountain ranges, 23 rivers and three active earthquake zones. Much of the terrain is delicate permafrost, which could become a bog if its surface cover is disturbed...
...derived some unexpected benefits from the delay. Oilmen confess that if they had crash-built the pipeline two years ago, they would have made horrendous mistakes. Since then, they have learned how to deal more expertly with the fierce conditions of climate and geography. To protect the swampy tundra terrain, the companies use offshore drilling techniques. They have developed new strains of grass to grow on disturbed tundra, and they plan to install monitoring devices that would automatically turn off oil flow minutes after a leak is detected. The port of Valdez will have probably the most advanced antipollution system...