European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Feature e either an orbit an Impact Shotts Tell scientists whether the noon has magnetic information on the Moons Interior could be obtained by z Art explosive a 3 measuring Truh the seismic predetermined distance agent the  Shook from the caused by the explosion  1tfittiqg the Moon Tveith a con farming seismic Why shoot missiles at the Moon scientists Hope to measure Earth satellites unlock secrets of magnetic atmosphere american scientists Are hatching a flow against the ageless Moon missile met of the army and air Force already ire deeply into plans to shoot the earths nearest the ingenious de tails Are a startling reminder of How close Man himself is to taking that first Gigantic St co through foe scientists say they will a rocket careening around the Moon to get some closeup pictures of both its known and unknown sides and bring them Back to hit the Moon with a rocket that might hurl grenades or fire mortars in an Effort to find out what the Moon is made in the Distant land a sort of automated inn that would roam the lunar measuring conditions and re porting them Back to earlier this year the defense department authorized it Hal dozen lunar probes on recommendation of the Larth satellite panel of the National committee for the International geophysical although it is impossible to predict How quickly Man himself will follow his exploring instruments into outer the by John a staff writer Panl the inevitable culmination of his efforts will be manned space flight and his Landing on the nearer it is Clear that he can develop the ability to do and it is hard to conceive of Man find stopping Short when such a tempting goal is within the Moon is a Mere Miles perhaps a couple of Days by a rocket that takes time to pick its when j scientists eventually make the trip in per son they will get a taste of the difficulties to b encountered on later trips to the next space stops 2g Mil lion Miles and 48 million Miles for the scientists must Content themselves with much simpler lunar for clues As to the nature of the How it and Earth were and perhaps even the origin of the their immediate goals Are to measure the Moons size and its its magnetic Field if and its Atmos phere or Lack of a rocket that would encircle the Moon could kit part of the Job by charting the rockets position at regu Lar intervals against the background of the Sta filled scientists could com Pute the pull of the Moons Gravity and its mass find sensitive Tel metering equipment might detect a lunar magnetic of the Moons weight Are believed have a possible error of per Cen not much if you Are buying a ton of f3ut apply that margin to the Esti mated weight of the Moon and the possible error turns out to be 237 384 quadrillion Short a rocket carrying packages of instruments to the surface the Moon would improve on the earlier measurements and perform new they might even stick a scientific thumb into the Moons Subr this could be done by Landing a package containing seismic recorders instruments which measure subsurface Shock it also would carry Tel metering equip ment for relaying the readings of the recorders Bank to and the package would be armed with something like a military mortar which would lob a High explosive charge a pre determines distance away from the instrument knowing the time of the explosion and its distance away from the seismic the recorders readings would be highly it for Tell scientists whether the Moon has a molten Core or has cooled into a solid if later a rocket can be landed on the Moons surface More or less the russians have suggested this land an automated Laboratory that could be controlled either from Earth or from its own electronic the tank would inspect the Moon with mechanical hands and electronic eyes and radio or televise its find Ings Back to though All of this could be done a principle there May be a the Ign panel at which the complexity of the machine to do the Job becomes in and a Man is found to be More More and above All More resourceful when unexpected obstacles it in a an article of Faith that Man will indeed to required to do the Job of cosmic exploration personally that he will want to do the Job whether required to or 2 september 1958 the stars and stripes