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Describe in your own words the experience of David and his companions while landing on the moon.

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Neil Armstrong was the first man to put foot and walk on the moon in 1969. David R. Scott and James B. Irwin did the same in 1971. Their companion, Alfred M. Warden, circled overhead. The vehicle, in which they landed on the moon, was called The Lunar Module (LM). The LM, when touched the surface of the moon; raised a lot of dust which blinded the astronauts to such an extent that they had to grope their way down.
Scott and Irwin, before they landed on the moon, had flown around it for two hours. The sun was shining dazzlingly and their eyes were hurt. The moonscape stretched long and wide and everything looked the colour of milk, chocolate. As the sun rose higher, plains, canyons and mountains looked grey.
On the moon surface, Scott was pleasantly surprised to see a wonderful variety of topography. He found an 11,000 foot ridge, the heights of a summit, a deep winding gorge and a great mountain. All these things appeared gorgeous, splendid and beautiful, but there was no sign of life: no wind blew, no rain fell.
There was another surprise in store for the astronauts in terms of weight and movement They weighed only 1/6 of their weight on the earth. Their movements .were light and easy, but to start and to stop posed problems. If they fell down, they were not much injured because the impact was quite slight as the gravitational pull of the moon is. only one-sixth of the earth.
Scott was fascinated by the lunar plains and mountains. Strange emotions surged in his heart. "I am an intruder in an eternal wilderness," be thought. There was no snqw on the moon, only dust; something between coal dust and talcum powder.
The atmosphere of the moon was engulfed in total silence; no wind blew and no sound was heard. Only shadows moved and the appearances were deceptive. It was difficult to determine whether an object was near or distant, large or small.



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