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by greenyoda on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @01:50AM
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The lunar module was neither self-landing nor reusable.
The lunar module was navigated and landed by a human pilot (with computer assistance).
The descent stage stayed on the Moon, and wasn't reused (except as a launch platform for the ascent stage). The ascent stage also wasn't reused - after the astronauts exited from the ascent stage into the command module, the ascent stage was jettisoned to crash into the lunar surface (or sent into solar orbit). Only the command module returned to Earth.
The lunar module was navigated and landed by a human pilot (with computer assistance).
The descent stage stayed on the Moon, and wasn't reused (except as a launch platform for the ascent stage). The ascent stage also wasn't reused - after the astronauts exited from the ascent stage into the command module, the ascent stage was jettisoned to crash into the lunar surface (or sent into solar orbit). Only the command module returned to Earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module