Lunokhod: Reflections on a Moon Robot

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“Explanation: It may look like some sort of cute alien robot, but it was created here on Earth, launched to the Moon in 1970, and now reflects laser light in a scientifically useful way. (…)”
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100606.html


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    Destrucctaur

    Moscow calls eternal night
    Burning through the cosmic light
    Eyeless junk is crossing void
    Bolshevik tin can droid

    jediadept

    I remember when this went up; we where all like nyahh, nyahh, we already put men up there!

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