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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Space archeology will become a thing.
Moon landing sites will be the first sites. Mars landed next. Elon’s Roadster will be an elusive popular goal. Voyager 1 will be very important but hard.


19 posted on 11/24/2018 7:41:38 AM PST by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: ctdonath2
Actually we won't have to worry about going out to find Voyager. Voyager will be coming to find US!


23 posted on 11/24/2018 7:52:28 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain (FreeRepublic.com is the most-used app on my iPhone.)
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To: ctdonath2

NASA anticipated that some time ago and considers the Apollo sites, particularly 11 & 17 as especially important, but the areas are considered essentially off-limits with an emphasis on avoiding overflights and vehicle propellant impingement. I think there is a 2 mile buffer zone, and NASA cites the 1967 international agreements, stating that while outer space is not subject to territorial claims, the US government owns the spacecraft and equipment in perpetuity, in the same way maritime law governs warships. They wish to avoid souvenir seekers and artifact hunters, and also consider the sites ongoing scientific experiments. They are interested in the effects of the extreme lunar environment on the materials. When Apollo 12 landed near Surveyor the descent engine kicked up a lot of lunar dust which is basically a high quality abrasive that sandblasted Surveryor and interfered with their analysis somewhat or somesuch. They want to keep the landing sites as pristine as possible basically. Of course, it would be REALLY cool to have a drone flight in HD floating around the descent stage of the LMs, the lunar rovers, and the crash sites for the rocket stages and probably sites I hadn’t thought about. There are some outstanding HD film uploads from the Apollo program that are available today, and they spectacular. I’ve always liked to explore remote, empty areas, the way sunlight changes the appearance throughout the day in desert areas for example is amazing. Well the moon is no different, to fly through those canyons and rilles and craters and geologic features would be really something. I’ve no doubt it may be come routine for tourists. When Buzz Aldrin said “Magnificent Desolation” he really nailed it.

Here’s NASA’s paper on preservation of Apollo landing sites:

https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/617743main_NASA-USG_LUNAR_HISTORIC_SITES_RevA-508.pdf


45 posted on 11/24/2018 9:05:11 AM PST by Freedom4US
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