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Why did some Apollo missions carry a grenade launcher?
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According to ALSEP Flight System Familiarization Manual, p. 2-166, some Apollo missions carried a grenade launcher and 4 grenades. What were these used for?
apollo-program explosives
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According to ALSEP Flight System Familiarization Manual, p. 2-166, some Apollo missions carried a grenade launcher and 4 grenades. What were these used for?
apollo-program explosives
asked 9 hours ago
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Did you NOT see Mars Attacks? You never know! Walk softly and carry a powerful explosive.
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– geoffc
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For the seismic experiments
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– JCRM
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See space.stackexchange.com/a/37774/6944
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– Organic Marble
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Even more fun, Apollo 14 didn't use their grenades, and they are still on the lunar surface.
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According to ALSEP Flight System Familiarization Manual, p. 2-166, some Apollo missions carried a grenade launcher and 4 grenades. What were these used for?
apollo-program explosives
asked 9 hours ago
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According to ALSEP Flight System Familiarization Manual, p. 2-166, some Apollo missions carried a grenade launcher and 4 grenades. What were these used for?
apollo-program explosives
apollo-program explosives
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Did you NOT see Mars Attacks? You never know! Walk softly and carry a powerful explosive.
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– geoffc
9 hours ago
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For the seismic experiments
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– JCRM
9 hours ago
1
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See space.stackexchange.com/a/37774/6944
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– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
1
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Even more fun, Apollo 14 didn't use their grenades, and they are still on the lunar surface.
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– DrSheldon
5 hours ago
add a comment |
4
$begingroup$
Did you NOT see Mars Attacks? You never know! Walk softly and carry a powerful explosive.
$endgroup$
– geoffc
9 hours ago
$begingroup$
For the seismic experiments
$endgroup$
– JCRM
9 hours ago
1
$begingroup$
See space.stackexchange.com/a/37774/6944
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– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
1
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Even more fun, Apollo 14 didn't use their grenades, and they are still on the lunar surface.
$endgroup$
– DrSheldon
5 hours ago
4
4
$begingroup$
Did you NOT see Mars Attacks? You never know! Walk softly and carry a powerful explosive.
$endgroup$
– geoffc
9 hours ago
$begingroup$
Did you NOT see Mars Attacks? You never know! Walk softly and carry a powerful explosive.
$endgroup$
– geoffc
9 hours ago
$begingroup$
For the seismic experiments
$endgroup$
– JCRM
9 hours ago
$begingroup$
For the seismic experiments
$endgroup$
– JCRM
9 hours ago
1
1
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See space.stackexchange.com/a/37774/6944
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– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
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See space.stackexchange.com/a/37774/6944
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– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
1
1
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Even more fun, Apollo 14 didn't use their grenades, and they are still on the lunar surface.
$endgroup$
– DrSheldon
5 hours ago
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Even more fun, Apollo 14 didn't use their grenades, and they are still on the lunar surface.
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They were part of an active seismic imaging experiment.
By setting up a seismometer and setting off surface explosions of known size, you can get a lot of information about how shockwaves propagate underground, from which you can infer structure.
answered 9 hours ago
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Yeah, that's what they WANT you to believe...
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– Chris B. Behrens
3 hours ago
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@ChrisB.Behrens What, you think that out of the makeup of the 1950s NASA staff, somebody said "wouldn't it be cool to blow something up up there" and that passed through the chain of command? ;-)
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They were part of an active seismic imaging experiment.
By setting up a seismometer and setting off surface explosions of known size, you can get a lot of information about how shockwaves propagate underground, from which you can infer structure.
answered 9 hours ago
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Yeah, that's what they WANT you to believe...
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@ChrisB.Behrens What, you think that out of the makeup of the 1950s NASA staff, somebody said "wouldn't it be cool to blow something up up there" and that passed through the chain of command? ;-)
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– WBT
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"Moon's haunted."
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– Russell Borogove
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They were part of an active seismic imaging experiment.
By setting up a seismometer and setting off surface explosions of known size, you can get a lot of information about how shockwaves propagate underground, from which you can infer structure.
answered 9 hours ago
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Yeah, that's what they WANT you to believe...
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@ChrisB.Behrens What, you think that out of the makeup of the 1950s NASA staff, somebody said "wouldn't it be cool to blow something up up there" and that passed through the chain of command? ;-)
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– WBT
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They were part of an active seismic imaging experiment.
By setting up a seismometer and setting off surface explosions of known size, you can get a lot of information about how shockwaves propagate underground, from which you can infer structure.
answered 9 hours ago
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They were part of an active seismic imaging experiment.
By setting up a seismometer and setting off surface explosions of known size, you can get a lot of information about how shockwaves propagate underground, from which you can infer structure.
answered 9 hours ago
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– WBT
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Yeah, that's what they WANT you to believe...
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– Chris B. Behrens
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@ChrisB.Behrens What, you think that out of the makeup of the 1950s NASA staff, somebody said "wouldn't it be cool to blow something up up there" and that passed through the chain of command? ;-)
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– WBT
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Yeah, that's what they WANT you to believe...
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@ChrisB.Behrens What, you think that out of the makeup of the 1950s NASA staff, somebody said "wouldn't it be cool to blow something up up there" and that passed through the chain of command? ;-)
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– WBT
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