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The Search for Apollo 10's 'Snoopy'
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| Mon Sep 19, 2011 05:01 AM ET
| By Mark Thompson
Posted on 09/19/2011 12:55:37 PM PDT by Red Badger
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The ascent stage of the Apollo 10 Lunar Module "Snoopy" is photographed from the Command Module prior to docking in lunar orbit. The module would later be cut loose and left in solar orbit.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/19/2011 12:59:19 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: Red Badger
Buzz Aldrin could figure out how to find it...probably with only a slide rule and a pencil.
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:01:02 PM PDT
by
KingLudd
To: Red Badger
Why would they have it orbit the sun? Wouldn’t there be a good chance that it would get too close and succumb to its gravity?
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:01:15 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Of course you realize, this means war.)
To: wastedyears
Well, it’s essentially garbage.
Falling into the Sun is a good thing, in that regard (in comparison to, say, falling back to Earth like that giant satellite is about to do).
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:04:32 PM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Nothing to see here. Move along.)
To: wastedyears
Why would they have it orbit the sun? Wouldn’t there be a good chance that it would get too close and succumb to its gravity? Because it started out with approximately the same orbital speed as the Earth, so its orbit would be similar to Earth's. It takes a hell of a lot of fuel to slow an object down to get it to drop into a low orbit to get close to the sun.
I'm more surprised that it is in a solar orbit rather than being in Earth or lunar orbit. I wonder exactly when they released it from the command module.
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:09:07 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Compare "Delay is preferable to error" - Thomas Jefferson // "Pass this bill now!" - Barack Obama)
To: Red Badger
The key problem which we are taking on is a lack of solid orbital data since 1969...Talk about a massive understatement! LOL
To: cripplecreek
It’ll come back in 400 years and call itself Snooger..........
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:15:03 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
To: wastedyears
Wouldn’t there be a good chance that it would get too close and succumb to its gravity? I think the Sun will be safe..........
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:16:06 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
To: Red Badger
Like the dog chasing the car - what the heck are you going to do with it if you find it?
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:21:12 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:21:25 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
V-ger’s little brother.............
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:27:07 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:27:46 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
To: Jack Hydrazine
Just a guess, but it's probably something akin to a
V'Ger
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:28:09 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: Jack Hydrazine
Obscure, but hilarious reference to a certain Star Trek movie...
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:30:46 PM PDT
by
LifePath
To: Red Badger
It’ll come back in 400 years and call itself Snooger.....
___________________________
LOL!!! Thank you for my best laugh of the day!
I thought I was the only one who remembers that movie.
To: Red Badger
Their time would be better spent looking for the ‘Great Pumpkin’.
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:32:21 PM PDT
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: wastedyears
Don’t worry - we can just lock a tractor beam on it and bring it into the shuttlebay...
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posted on
09/19/2011 1:32:53 PM PDT
by
FortWorthPatriot
(Obama is no Hitler; Hitler got the Olympics)
To: wastedyears
No chance at all. The sun is the most difficult place to get to in the solar system. It’s easier to escape the solar system than to drop something into the sun.
To: wastedyears
No chance at all. The sun is the most difficult place to get to in the solar system. It’s easier to escape the solar system than to drop something into the sun.
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