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another series of photographs
of the moons topography.
Mr.. BarabaShov said addi-
tional pictures are needed to
determine the height of the
moons mountains and the
depth of its craters.
Without specifically mention
ing Moon-4, he wrote:
1T would be possible to get
much valuable information and
data during the launching of
automatic interplanetary sta
tons which would land on the
surface of the moon and, with
the help of various apparatus,
transmit to the earth informa-
ton about physical conditions
on the moon: Temperature,
density and about the COM
position of its extremely rari-
fled atmosphere, about the
micro-relief of the surface,
magnetic fields, and the ma
ture and character Of light
rays"
on the moon, to include some
shots which would orbit that
planet and not land.
The Russian device appeared
to have a research mission of
this type.
THE observation OF the
flight Of the station, the de-
termination Of the parameters
Of its trajectory, the reception
Of scientific information are
carried out by a special meas
uring complex on the territory
of the Soviet Union" TasS
said.
1t gave the moon probes
The use Of such unnamed
devices is a preliminary to at
tempts to land men on the
moon, a goal Of both Soviet
and United States govern
ments.
parking Orbit" Indicated
The Russians apparently used
the same parking orbit" tech
nique to get their probe in a
moonward flight path as was
used by American rocketeers
for the Mariner Venus probe
This involves DRIFTING the pay
load while it is still attached to
the final stage Of the rocket
Firing Of the final stage is then
stopped temporarily, and re-
started at Just the right
moment and for a sufficient
time to give the payload proper
course and velocity for inter-
cepting the MOON
The chief Of the United
States Space Agency, James
E. Webb. has estimated al
something under $40 billion
the cost of landing the first
Americans on the moon by
1870.
Research Devices
The American National
Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration is promoting &
surveyor project which would
SCOTLAND instrument packages
last position as over the Yellow
Sea.
First Claim Since SO
This is the first notable
claim by the Russians in theii
moon shots since 1859, wher
they. claimed two achieve
ments:
Landing OF a 6l4-pounc
rocket, Lunik-2, on the moor
September Ia, 1859, in a flight
said to have proved the planet
has no magnetic field.
Dispatch october 4, 1859, Of
"a 6l4-pound space station
called Lunik-3 to photograph
the back side Of the moon. 9
mission from which the Sovier
Union released photograph
october "a showing the bidder
terrain was mostly mountains
II missed the moon.
Lunik-l, launched Januar!
2, 1859, missed the moon b.
4,700 miles and went into orb
, around the sun.
The United States LANDED
Rangers on the back side o
ID the moon April 26. 1862. Thi
was an instrument damned
!, 730-pound space craft. But TN
, had been turned by brain fail
ure in flight into a hurtlinI
} hulk.
Both Russian and American
scientists have experienced
series OF failures in other ef
forts 70 reach the moon in
competition that began II
earnest In 1858.
Flyby's Value Doubted
At Cape Canaveral, scientist
speculated that the Russian
moon probe would have to orbi
the moon or land a "liye' in