Description | Ststes Luna 16 was indeed a great success, and the US program got ahead only just barely, and he is sure at much greater expense. He is afraid that the Soviet program is now better poised for the future, such as the investigation of Mars, or of less accessible areas on the moon. Sample return is the right technique, and the next step is to combine it with a remote control vehicle with good television, and an eventual sample return of what it picks up. |