Question

Read the excerpt from Team Moon.

The trouble with option 2 was that the venting might push the fuel to an unstable condition. Or, another possible outcome of the “burping”: what if the landing gear hadn’t deployed correctly? Could any movement, or any resulting burst—no matter how small—tip the LM over? Many a voice in the debate thought the safest option was to abort—now! But that opinion was quickly overruled by the Grumman and NASA leadership (who were confident of the landing gear), and the consensus of the leaders was that it would be safe to gently, gently burp the engine.Which detail from the excerpt identifies a solution?

Answer 1

Explanation:

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The lunar module was only a few seconds away from having no fuel when it landed.

Read the excerpts from Team Moon and the NASA article.

Thirty seconds! Now would not be the time for the two Bobs to miscalculate, miscount, or lose their superhuman powers of concentration. They could not afford to be wrong.

When the lunar module lands at 4:18 p.m. EDT, only 30 seconds of fuel remain. Armstrong radios "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."

A reader can best combine the information in the excerpts to

understand that having only 30 seconds of fuel could easily have become a disaster while Armstrong was landing the lunar module.