Nice display items if we could retrieve them.

Snoopy the LM upper stage that probably made heliospheric orbit

The engine bells from apollo 11 saturn first stage. saturn fell into
the ocean but the engine bells likely survived and are in the ocean,
the serial numbers are in the archives

Wouldnt it be nice if someday these and other artifacts could be
retrieved and displayed here on earth.

what others things could be added to this special gallery?

a moon rover? spirit or opportunity? by the time we could recovery
them they will probably have died a natural death

On Jan 10, 4:07*pm, " wrote:
Snoopy the LM upper stage that probably made heliospheric orbit

The engine bells from apollo 11 saturn first stage. saturn fell into
the ocean but the engine bells likely survived and are in the ocean,
the serial numbers are in the archives

Wouldnt it be nice if someday these and other artifacts could be
retrieved and displayed here on earth.

what others things could be added to this special gallery?

a moon rover? spirit or opportunity? by the time we could recovery
them they will probably have died a natural death

Heliocentric Orbit:
Apollo-Saturn S4B stages
Pioneer 4, 5; possibly 6-9
Helios 1, 2
Luna 1 (Metcha); 4 or 6- one of these two went into solar orbit
Mariner 2-7, 10
Mars 1, 4, 6 bus, 7 lander & bus
Mars Observer
Ulysses
Venera 1, 2, buses 3-8, 11-14
Zond 1-3

Mars Orbit (if still in orbit):
Mariner 9
Mars 2,3, 5
Viking Orbiters 1, 2

Venus Orbit (if still in orbit):
Venera 9, 10

I'm focusing on the early years, but it depends on when the items are
being salvaged: 200 years from now, the stuff we're currently sending
will be historic. For the most part, historic landers probably shouly
be left in situ.

On Jan 10, 8:49�pm, OM wrote:
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I'm focusing on the early years, but it depends on when the items are
being salvaged: 200 years from now, the stuff we're currently sending
will be historic. For the most part, historic landers probably shouly
be left in situ.

...And if we *do* go pick them all up, it'll explain why the Rag Tag
Fleet didn't find any satellites when they finally found Earth last
season.

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Too bad apollo 11s LM upper stage wasnt somehow put in heliospheric
orbit

We really shouldnt litter!!!


Wonder how the bold stuff has held up to so many years in space???

just one saturn stage missed the moon most boosters were intentially
crashed into moon to test seismigraphs left by astronauts

We definitely ought to go get Vanguard 1. The world's oldest
surviving satellite has a perigee of about 650km after 50 years in
orbit. Arthur C. Clarke, writing in the 1960s, expected that it would
be collected for a museum long before now.

Matt Bille
Freelance space writer/historian
http://mattbille.blogspot.com

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" wrote:

Snoopy the LM upper stage that probably made heliospheric orbit

The engine bells from apollo 11 saturn first stage. saturn fell into
the ocean but the engine bells likely survived and are in the ocean,
the serial numbers are in the archives

Wouldnt it be nice if someday these and other artifacts could be
retrieved and displayed here on earth.

what others things could be added to this special gallery?

a moon rover? spirit or opportunity? by the time we could recovery
them they will probably have died a natural death

The Lunar Rovers and miscellaneous Hasselblad cameras left at the lunar
landing sites.

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On Jan 10, 11:25�pm, Orval Fairbairn
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" wrote:
Snoopy the LM upper stage that probably made heliospheric orbit

The engine bells from apollo 11 saturn first stage. saturn fell into
the ocean but the engine bells likely survived and are in the ocean,
the serial numbers are in the archives

Wouldnt it be nice if someday these and other artifacts could be
retrieved and displayed here on earth.

what others things could be added to this special gallery?

a moon rover? spirit or opportunity? by the time we could recovery
them they will probably have died a natural death

The Lunar Rovers and miscellaneous Hasselblad cameras left at the lunar
landing sites.

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I dont believe apollo 11s should ever be distrurbed, its a national
monument.

looking from far enough away to not disturb things should be fine.

wonder how that golf ball hit during a later mission survived all
these years?

There was an article in (I Think) Sky and Telescope about an astronomer who
tracks near earth asteroids and spotted one with a different reflection
spectrum from the average - Finally concluded it matched the surface
reflectance for the paint used on the Saturns, and it was probably from an
early mission where the Saturn didn't crash into the moon.

Val
Kraut


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just one saturn stage missed the moon most boosters were intentially
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On Jan 11, 12:12�pm, "Val Kraut" wrote:
There was an article in (I Think) Sky and Telescope about an astronomer who
tracks near earth asteroids and spotted one with a different reflection
spectrum from the average - Finally concluded it matched the surface
reflectance for the paint used on the Saturns, and it was probably from an
early mission where the Saturn didn't crash into the moon.

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Did the fuel tanks at the time vent leftover propellant? Or is the
older style that just exploded adding to debris in orbit?

Did the fuel tanks at the time vent leftover propellant? Or is the
older style that just exploded adding to debris in orbit?

The Satutrn used cryogenic fuels which would require vents for normal
boil-off