Astronauts Deployed a Solar Wind Measuring Experiment on the Moon

question 21

Multiple Choice

Astronauts deployed a solar wind measuring experiment on the Moon because

• A) the lunar surface is protected by an atmosphere.
• B) there is no electromagnetic energy arriving there.
• C) the solar wind does not reach the Earth's surface.
• D) no one else had attempted the experiment before and they wanted to be the first.

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