Soon the Russians and Americans should be able to land instruments on the surface of the moon. Patrick Moore discusses with Gilbert Fielder, the Director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association, the conditions to be met with on the moon's surface and some of the problems that may be solved by a successful landing of instruments there.
[Editor's note: The original title of the episode Moonscape. The current iPlayer listing has it as The Moon.]
Moonscape
The Sky at Night · Season 4 · Episode 9
Soon the Russians and Americans should be able to land instruments on the surface of the moon. Patrick Moore discusses with Gilbert Fielder, the Director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association, the conditions to be met with on the moon's surface and some of the problems that may be solved by a successful landing of instruments there.
[Editor's note: The original title of the episode Moonscape. The current iPlayer listing has it as The Moon.]
[Editor's note: The original title of the episode Moonscape. The current iPlayer listing has it as The Moon.]
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Season
4
Episode
9
Air Date
27/Sep/1960
Air Time
22:00
Runtime
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