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