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Apollo 13's plutonium RTG re-entry into the Tonga Trench: Good shootin' or good luck?
Good shooting.
Chuck Deiterich, lead retrofire officer, was responsible for the impact point.
From Henry S. F. Cooper's book Moonwreck aka Thirteen: The Flight That Failed:
Deiterich, however, ...
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Why do the boot prints on the moon appear bright in some photographs or film?
Answer: Levitating Moon Dust and a walking capacitor.
Previously submitted answers explain the brightness of footprints as specular (mirror-like) reflection, This begs the question of how a bootprint ...
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Why do the boot prints on the moon appear bright in some photographs or film?
Reflection
Yes, as Fred points out, the boot prints act like crude mirrors. If you shine a flashlight at a mirror in a random direction, and place yourself at another random direction, the mirror will ...
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Why do the boot prints on the moon appear bright in some photographs or film?
If you take a good look at contrast between the boot print and the unaffected/untouched dust on the lunar surface the unaffected/untouched dust is loose, undulating and has a matt (or matte, in some ...
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