What Does the Moon Smell Like?: 151 Astounding Science Quizzes by Eva Everything Page A
Authors: Eva Everything
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Young
MEN
ON
THE
CORRECT ANSWER:
c) Dave Scott
MOON
Apollo 15 was the first mission to carry a lunar rover, and Dave Scott was the first man to drive it. Jim Irwin was next. For three days, they drove around near Mount Hadley, on the edge of the Apennine
Mountains (named for Italy’s mountain range with the same name). The first man to pop a wheelie on the moon was Apollo 16’s John Young, who was the third man to drive on the moon. All three lunar rovers are still on the moon’s surface, exactly where the astronauts parked them at the end of their last shift.
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Moon Ball
On the third moon landing, Apollo 14’s Alan Shepard Q
and Ed Mitchell collected more moon rocks than
previous Apollo missions, a total of 42 kilograms (94
lb). They were able to collect more because they THE
were the first to use a handcart designed to carry MEN
their tools and transport the moon rocks. It worked for the most part, but when it couldn’t negotiate a ON
15-degree slope on a big crater, the astronauts had to THE
carry the cart to the rock collecting site. Despite the MOON
heavy workload, near the end of their last moonwalk, the astronauts found time for fun, and another first.
What was the first ball on the moon?
a) football
b) baseball
c) basketball
d) golf ball
153
Moon Ball
What was the first ball on the moon?
A
a) football
b) baseball
c) basketball
THE
d) golf ball
MEN
ON
THE
CORRECT ANSWER:
d) golf ball
MOON
Alan Shepard wanted to be the first man to drive a golf ball on the moon. To everyone’s amusement, and in the interest of demonstrating the physics of low gravity, he attached a six iron to the bottom of a sampling instrument, and swung at a couple of balls. His best drive sent a golf ball into a distant crater.
Shepard said it went for “miles and miles.” For reasons known only to himself, Ed Mitchell grabbed a staff and threw it like a javelin. It landed in the same crater, and went a hair farther than the golf ball. Shepard brought his six iron back to Earth. It’s on display at the U.S. Golf Association Hall of Fame in New Jersey. His two golf balls, as well as Mitchell’s
“javelin,” are still on the moon.
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The Real Man in the Moon
Footprints and tread marks aren’t the only things Q
humans left on the moon. Along with tons of hard-ware and technology, including probes, rocket stages, rovers, tools, equipment, and experiments, there are THE
personal items too. One of them is about as personal MEN
as it can get: someone’s “cremains.” An ounce of human ashes hitched a ride on Lunar Prospector, ON
which orbited the moon for 19 months searching for THE
water. For its final experiment, and spectacular grand MOON
finale, the probe targeted a shadowed crater near the south pole, and hurled itself and the cremains into it.
Who is “buried” on the moon?
a) Gene Autry, singing cowboy
b) Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator c) Gene Shoemaker, geologist
d) Virgil “Gus” Grissom, astronaut
155
The Real Man in the Moon
Who is “buried” on the moon?
A
a) Gene Autry, singing cowboy
b) Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator c) Gene Shoemaker, geologist
THE
d) Virgil “Gus” Grissom, astronaut
MEN
ON
THE
CORRECT ANSWER:
c) Gene Shoemaker, geologist
MOON
Geologist Gene Shoemaker had dreamt of going to the moon, but couldn’t be an astronaut for medical reasons. So, instead, he trained astronauts, and organized the geological activities planned for the moon missions. He was a crater specialist, a pioneer of astrogeology, and discovered many comets. He headed up the 1994 Clementine mission, which
searched for water in shadowed craters around the south pole — the same area where he and his ride, Lunar Prospector, slammed into the moon’s surface in 1999. Yes, there really is a man
MEN
ON
THE
CORRECT ANSWER:
c) Dave Scott
MOON
Apollo 15 was the first mission to carry a lunar rover, and Dave Scott was the first man to drive it. Jim Irwin was next. For three days, they drove around near Mount Hadley, on the edge of the Apennine
Mountains (named for Italy’s mountain range with the same name). The first man to pop a wheelie on the moon was Apollo 16’s John Young, who was the third man to drive on the moon. All three lunar rovers are still on the moon’s surface, exactly where the astronauts parked them at the end of their last shift.
SmellyMoon_Final 4/21/08 10:31 AM Page 152
SmellyMoon_Final 4/21/08 10:31 AM Page 153
Moon Ball
On the third moon landing, Apollo 14’s Alan Shepard Q
and Ed Mitchell collected more moon rocks than
previous Apollo missions, a total of 42 kilograms (94
lb). They were able to collect more because they THE
were the first to use a handcart designed to carry MEN
their tools and transport the moon rocks. It worked for the most part, but when it couldn’t negotiate a ON
15-degree slope on a big crater, the astronauts had to THE
carry the cart to the rock collecting site. Despite the MOON
heavy workload, near the end of their last moonwalk, the astronauts found time for fun, and another first.
What was the first ball on the moon?
a) football
b) baseball
c) basketball
d) golf ball
153
Moon Ball
What was the first ball on the moon?
A
a) football
b) baseball
c) basketball
THE
d) golf ball
MEN
ON
THE
CORRECT ANSWER:
d) golf ball
MOON
Alan Shepard wanted to be the first man to drive a golf ball on the moon. To everyone’s amusement, and in the interest of demonstrating the physics of low gravity, he attached a six iron to the bottom of a sampling instrument, and swung at a couple of balls. His best drive sent a golf ball into a distant crater.
Shepard said it went for “miles and miles.” For reasons known only to himself, Ed Mitchell grabbed a staff and threw it like a javelin. It landed in the same crater, and went a hair farther than the golf ball. Shepard brought his six iron back to Earth. It’s on display at the U.S. Golf Association Hall of Fame in New Jersey. His two golf balls, as well as Mitchell’s
“javelin,” are still on the moon.
SmellyMoon_Final 4/21/08 10:31 AM Page 154
SmellyMoon_Final 4/21/08 10:31 AM Page 155
The Real Man in the Moon
Footprints and tread marks aren’t the only things Q
humans left on the moon. Along with tons of hard-ware and technology, including probes, rocket stages, rovers, tools, equipment, and experiments, there are THE
personal items too. One of them is about as personal MEN
as it can get: someone’s “cremains.” An ounce of human ashes hitched a ride on Lunar Prospector, ON
which orbited the moon for 19 months searching for THE
water. For its final experiment, and spectacular grand MOON
finale, the probe targeted a shadowed crater near the south pole, and hurled itself and the cremains into it.
Who is “buried” on the moon?
a) Gene Autry, singing cowboy
b) Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator c) Gene Shoemaker, geologist
d) Virgil “Gus” Grissom, astronaut
155
The Real Man in the Moon
Who is “buried” on the moon?
A
a) Gene Autry, singing cowboy
b) Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator c) Gene Shoemaker, geologist
THE
d) Virgil “Gus” Grissom, astronaut
MEN
ON
THE
CORRECT ANSWER:
c) Gene Shoemaker, geologist
MOON
Geologist Gene Shoemaker had dreamt of going to the moon, but couldn’t be an astronaut for medical reasons. So, instead, he trained astronauts, and organized the geological activities planned for the moon missions. He was a crater specialist, a pioneer of astrogeology, and discovered many comets. He headed up the 1994 Clementine mission, which
searched for water in shadowed craters around the south pole — the same area where he and his ride, Lunar Prospector, slammed into the moon’s surface in 1999. Yes, there really is a man
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