1. On the moon there is a monument to the fallen cosmonauts. This is a small aluminum figurine of an astronaut in a spacesuit a little over 8 cm high. Next to the figurine there is a plaque with the names of people who gave their lives for the sake of space exploration.
2. The first living creatures that flew around the Moon in a spaceship were the Central Asian turtles. They were accompanied by flies, beetles, plants, algae, seeds and bacteria.
3. On the lunar surface there is a large temperature difference: from -100 ° С to + 160 ° С. On Earth, the maximum temperature difference is from -49 to +7 degrees. Moreover, on Earth, such a drop is not the norm: it was recorded only once, in 1916, in the state of Montana in the USA.
4. The landscape of the moon can be seen with a conventional home telescope. For example, the Levenhuk Strike home telescopes clearly show the seas and lunar craters.
5. Even during the day there is a black starry sky above the Moon, since our satellite does not have its own atmosphere. Also, the Earth is visible from the moon day and night. In this case, the position of the earth's disk practically does not change.
6. The force of gravity on the Moon is 6 times less than on Earth. Therefore, on the Moon, the average person would be able to lift a load equal in weight to his own weight.
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7. It will take about 20 days to reach the Moon by plane. The car would have to travel longer - about six months if you move without stopping at a cruising speed of 90-100 kilometers per hour.
8. From Earth, the diameters of the Moon and the Sun appear to be the same. Thanks to this amazing coincidence, earthlings can observe a solar eclipse.
9. The satellite of the Earth has its own Alps, Apennines, Pyrenees, Carpathians, Caucasus Mountains. Mountains located on the visible side of the Moon are clearly visible with an amateur telescope, for example, Levenhuk Strike 80 NG.
10. In 2010, NASA proposed the lunar project "avatars". The idea is as follows: robots are sent to the moon, and scientists, putting on special suits, control them from Earth. If the project is implemented, it will be possible not to send people to the moon, but to conduct all research from the surface of the home planet.