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Tank on the Moon

Tank on the Moon is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tank on the Moon rather than just read about it. In short: Tank on the Moon is a French 2007 documentary film about the development, launch, and operation of the Soviet Moon exploration rovers, Lunokhod 1 and Lunokhod 2 in the period from 1970 to 1973. The film uses historical footage from American, Russian and French archives featuring Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Gagarin, Lyndon Johnson, John F.

Key takeaways

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Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Tank on the Moon to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Tank on the Moon from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Tank on the Moon is a French 2007 documentary film about the development, launch, and operation of the Soviet Moon exploration rovers, Lunokhod 1 and Lunokhod 2 in the period from 1970 to 1973. The film uses historical footage from American, Russian and French archives featuring Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Gagarin, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, Sergei Korolev, Alexei Kosygin, Alexei Leonov, Sam Rayburn and many other contemporary figures. A special emphasis is placed on the Lunokhods' chief designer, Alexander Kemurdzhian.

Summary During the 1960s, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a feverish technological competition, popularly known as the space race, to be the first to land a human on the Moon. The United States won the race, but less is known about a "secret chapter" from the Cold War era. Overshadowed by the Apollo Moon landings and largely ignored in the West at the time, the Soviets were also exploring the Moon with a series of successful robotic Moon missions. The Soviets never sent humans to the Moon, but they successfully guided two freely-roving robots by remote control from the Earth. For 16 months between 1970 and 1973, these Lunokhods traveled more than fifty kilometers (31 miles) over the Moon's surface. Although the results of the Lunokhod program were well publicized, details of the program were kept in utmost secrecy for two decades, until the secret Soviet space archives concerning this program were finally declassified. With these archives, along with the recollections by surviving participants in the Lunokhod program, and archived news films, the full story of the Soviet lunar-roving robots is revealed; the development, deployment, technological achievements, and the legacy passed down to the new generation of planetary robotic rovers.

Production and video release The following companies and television stations helped produce and broadcast this film; Zed (Paris), with Corona Films (Saint-Petersburg), France 5, Channel 5 (Russia), CBC/RDI (Canada), SVT (Sweden), RTBF (Belgium), NHK (Japan). Louis Friedman, executive director of the Planetary Society appears in the film as a commentator. The first North American broadcast was on The Science Channel February 12, 2008. This video documentary was produced in French, Brazilian Portuguese and English languages. An English language DVD was released in 2008, however the video is currently available only by digital download.

Awards International Film Festival of Toulon (France) Archives Prize (Jacques Henri Blake Award) MEDIMED (Spain) Official Selection WORLDMEDIA Festival (Germany) Intermedia Globe Gold Award: Best Film (Politics Category)

See also Lunokhod programme Soviet space program

References

External links Official website ZED Television - Tank on the Moon HD Tank on the Moon at IMDb Science Channel - Tank on the Moon Archived 2014-09-06 at the Wayback Machine

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tank on the Moon

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tank on the Moon claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tank on the Moon before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tank on the Moon ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tank on the Moon

In research: Tank on the Moon appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tank on the Moon in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tank on the Moon is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2007 French films, 2007 documentary films, 2007 films, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tank on the Moon outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Tank on the Moon in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Tank on the Moon matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Tank on the Moon?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tank on the Moon.