Apollo Moon Motivation

The motivation behind the Apollo missions was for the USA to be the first people to land on the moon. Russia had beaten us to outer-space and had put a satellite out in space before us. We wanted to be the first ones to reach the moon and to retrieve new information and data. Scientists needed the help of NASA to answer some important questions and hypotheses. Scientists wanted to know the origin of the moon, the temperature history of the moon, the cause of mascons, and the origin of tektites. Scientists had theories to each questions. The origin of the moon: 1) Fission hypothesis: moon was developed by the fission of the Earth. 2) Double planet hypothesis: both planets were formed differently but in the same area. 3) Capture hypothesis: the