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The Apollo photos taken on the moon show weathered mountains in the background. How did the terrain on the moon become weathered with no wind or rain?
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The moon is under a constant bombardment by micrometeorites (tiny meteorites the size of sand grains). This "sandblasting" effect can wear mountains down over long periods of time. Some have argued that these mircometeorites would kill an astronaut. This is not true for a number of reasons. First, mircometeorites are typically about the size of a grain of sand, which means that although the may be travelling very fast, their small mass means they don't have a terribly high amount of momentum, and thus can easily be stopped with a spacesuit. Second, the spacesuits the astronauts wore on the Apollo missions had a multi-layer design designed to stop micrometeorites (as well as absorb radiation) before they penetrated the innermost layer, which of course was the layer that separated the astronaut from the unforgiving vaccum of space. If anybody wishes to discuss this, please use the discussion page.
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What was the roman god's Apollo background?
Apollo was great Olympian the god of music , poetry , prophecy , light , plague , and healing ; later : the sun .
How do you change the background color of your horse's name using Apollo's Lyre on howrse?
You can't anymore
What is the background on Apollo the Greek god?
apollo was the child of zeus, and his mother was leto. he was the god of the sun/ light . somepoeple say he could see the furture. that is why he was so populary
What was Apollo's background?
son of zeus and leto twin to artemis god of sun music medicine plague
How many Apollos were there?
There were 18 Apollo missions. # AS-201 # AS-202 # AS-203 # AS-204 (Failure) # Apollo 4 # Apollo 5 # Apollo 6 # Apollo 7 # Apollo 8 # Apollo 9 # Apollo 10 # Apollo 11 # Apollo 12 # Apollo 13 (Partial success) # Apollo 14 # Apollo 15 # Apollo 16 # Apollo 17
How many moon missions were there?
9 Apollo 8 Apollo 10 Apollo 11 Apollo 12 Apollo 13 Apollo 14 Apollo 15 Apollo 16 Apollo 17
How can the Apollo 11 astronauts leave perfect footprints on the moon?
Moon dust has particularly sharp edges that allow it to cling together like wet sand. Dust and sand found on earth doesn't do this however, because it's edges are weathered and rounded.
How many Apollo spacecrafts landed on the moon?
6 Apollo 11 Apollo 12 Apollo 14 Apollo 15 Apollo 16 Apollo 17
What were the names of all the Apollo lunar modules?
Apollo 9 - Spider Apollo 10 - Snoopy Apollo 11 - Eagle Apollo 12 - Intrepid Apollo 13 - Aquarius Apollo 14 - Antares Apollo 15 - Falcon Apollo 16 - Orion Apollo 17 - Challenger
Of the Apollo space missions 11 through 17 which ones landed on the moon?
Apollo 11 Apollo 12 Apollo 14 Apollo 15 Apollo 16 and Apollo 17
How long did Apollo 6 take to get to the moon?
There was no Apollo 6. The first manned Apollo mission was Apollo 7. The first Apollo mission to go to the moon was Apollo 8, the first to land was Apollo 11.
Was the Apollo cinemas named after the spacecraft Apollo 8?
No. Both the Apollo cinemas and the Apollo space craft were named after the Greek God Apollo.
