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[i]It was noted that the exhaust velocity of the descent engine was on the order of 10,000 feet per second and the orbital velocity for the moon was about 5000 feet per second. The lunar dust, entrained by the descent engine plume, would move over the lunar surface on the order of lunar orbital speed.[/i]
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