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Why do space programs choose to land their space ships on certain parts of the moon and not others?
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The missions were sent to areas that were likely to be flat enough for a safe landing (I think it was Apollo 16 that landed partially in a crater. If it had gone in any deeper the LM would have been too tilted for takeoff) while being close enough to areas likely to have significant rocks... say, a nice flat spot near a nice deep crater. This would allow them to just pick up rocks that represent what the moon is like several feet down. Apollo 12 landed close to one of our Surveyor probes that landed on the Moon 2 or 3 years earlier, thus allowing the astronauts to retrieve parts of it for analysis concerning long-term exposure to lunar conditions. And, of course, all missions had to be to the side of the moon that faces Earth, as landing on the back side would put the Moon between their radios and Earth.
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