The motivation the led to the NASA Apollo Missions was not just scientific, but political as President Kennedy was concerned that the Soviet Union was becoming a new powerful leader and overtaking the U.S.A. in the scientific field. While the Apollo program’s main goal was to land humans on the Moon and then bring them back [safely] to earth, there were other motivations such as advancing space technology, exploring the Moon, and developing the ability to function in the moon’s environment.
The significance of men landing on the moon led to a “wealth” of scientific data that included “soil mechanics, meteoroids, seismic, heat flow, lunar ranging, magnetic fields, and solar wind experiments.” The Apollo program relied on the previous work of
The significance of men landing on the moon led to a “wealth” of scientific data that included “soil mechanics, meteoroids, seismic, heat flow, lunar ranging, magnetic fields, and solar wind experiments.” The Apollo program relied on the previous work of