[Translate to en:] Das historische Foto zeigt Buzz Aldrin, der gerade das Seismometer auf der Mondoberfläche aufgebaut hat (vorne). Links dahinter steht der Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR-3). Image: JSC/NASA
Professor Schreiber, how big an impression did the Moon landing make on you when you were young?. It wasn't just the Moon landing as such. What amazed me most were the steps that led up to it. It was a huge technical challenge. For example the question: How do I accelerate a rocket to reach the Moon? Back then, the technical possibilities were still quite limited. Each individual aspect of this megaproject involved all kinds of challenging issues. It was the amazing adventure that you could live through as a young person in the 1960s.
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