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SMART 1 Crash Site 
Trail Availability: All Year
Difficulty: Difficult
Trail Length: Less than 2 km
Trail Features: Sharp rocks, Steep ascents / descents, Crater crossing(s)
State: Light side of the moon
Trail start Longitude: -111.896767
Trail start Latitude: 40.769211



It operated for almost 5000 hours and underwent 843 starts and stops. SMART-1 performed a controlled crash into the Moon at about 2 km/sec on 3 September 2006, at 5:42 UT in the mid-southern region of the near side of the Moon in Lacus Excellentiae (Lake of Excellence) at 34.4 S, 46.2 W. The total cost of the spacecraft is estimated at 100 million euros in 2001 economic conditions (~$90 million U.S.). If you salvage anything off the moon, this one is the gold mine. Why your there salvaging parts have a drive of the trail. If this seems to hard goto www.4x4earth.com and do some real driving.







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Climatic data for SMART 1 Crash Site

 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max Temp °C86.3°86.5°86.4°85.0°83.5°84.0°82.3°86.0°80.2°79.7°75.7°84.5°
Mean Min Temp °C-114.5°-117.4°-118.0°-114.1°-122.1°-116.8°-112.5°-113.3°-118.1°-122.6°-124.2°-129.1°
Avg Rainfall mm0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Likelyhood of showers*35%32%26%6%3%0%0%0%0%3%13%26%
Weather data obtained from HERCULES, located 256.7kms from SMART 1 Crash Site
* Likelihood of meteor showers.



 

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