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How much time would be saved if we had gone for the moon this week?

Since the moon is as close as it's been in years, how much travel time would have been saved if we had gone for the moon this week? I think it would just be hours, but how many?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    what? we didn't save any time, in fact The Moon was just at it's perigee like every year, but this year it was just closest in about 19 years, but you can't tell the difference unless you were a lunar observer and watch the moon 365 days a year.

    The Media just blew it out of proportion this "super moon" and in reality it was just a perigee moon.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't really know because I don't recall the distance the Moon was when Apollo landed on it. It could have been at perigree also.

    But it wouldn't have been wise to go this week for another reason. The Apollo astronauts landed during the early morning hours, moontime. The Sun was just coming up making the temperatures not too cold as in the night but also not to hot as noon time on the Moon. Also the morning light cast shadows making it easier not to stumble on a rock since the rocks are the same color as the lunar soil.

    If you went this week, since it is the full moon, you would be under the hot noon Sun.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    None. The Moon reaches perigee every _month_, it is just that usually it does not coincide with full moon. For most missions (depending on where you were landing) full moon would be a bad time to go since cooling becomes an issue. All the Apollo missions were timed such that the Sun would be low down on the horizon to prevent overheating.

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