Put an appropriate word in each gap in the passage.
The Lunar Roving Vehicle, or moon buggy, was the vehicle used by (1)………. when they explored the moon in the 1970s. It was considered Apollo’s Cadillac of lunar (2)……… and was developed by Boeing and General Motors.
Moon buggies run by electricity and were specially designed to operate on the lunar surface. They measure 1.1 metres tall and 3 metres long. They (3)…….. 210 kg but they can carry a payload for up to 490kg. The wheels(4)…… also designed very carefully to resist the rocky moon surface which is covered in dirt. A lunar rover also has a controller, motors, brakes, and two (5)……. for astronauts to sit in.
Most Filipinos consider Dr. Eduardo San Juan, a NASA engineer, the inventor of the Lunar Rover. Howerver, San Juan was not listed as the (6)………….. of the moon buggy in NASA documents. Officially, the vehicle was(7)………….. and constructed by a group of space engineers. Nevertheless, it is claimed that he received one of the Ten Outstanding Men (TOM) awards (8)………., science and technology in 1978.
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