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Today's Nerdy Curio is brought to you by 60-Second Science. Engineer John Houbolt pushed for a smaller ship to land on the lunar surface while the command module stayed in orbit around the moon.
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Aired July 20, 2019
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morten p
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Chris R
One moon ship means you have to land the whole thing where you’re going. The reference of two means having the main module moonship and then the lunar landing module moonship. Two moonships better than one because you don’t have to manage the whole mass of the one moonship landing, just the smaller mass of the second one. Easier engineering/physics with smaller mass generally
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