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DavidDvorkin

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12. We used to pronounce it LEM because of the original

Reply to llmart (Reply #11)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 10:10 AM

Jul 2014

name and acronym: Lunar Excursion Module. The early plan was for the Lunar Module to be mobile and able to hop around on the surface. That was dropped, and later the lunar rover made that unnecessary. Still, it was a cool idea.

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