The lunar lander,controlled by a computer, dropped toward the airless surface of the moon.

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The seven-member crew controlled a robotic arm equipped with cameras and lasers to scan the surface of the heat shield.

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And then you subtract from that the burning that has been done with the platform and the oil on the surface with the controlled burn, for example -- the application of dispersants, skimming operations and in situ.

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The tablet never fell to the floor, though the company did perform a separate drop test inside a controlled chamber, in which the Surface continued to record video even after plummeting three feet.

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It consisted of a 100-electrode panel about the size of a baby aspirin that was placed on the surface of the brain at a fold in the motor cortex where hand movement is controlled.

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