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Moon Rocket Scrubbed and Blown Dry
loid_void writes "Reutersis is reporting that a giant Apollo moon rocket that never got off the ground is about to get a face-lift after years of rusting away in the Texas heat and humidity at the Johnson Space Center.
Workers will construct a shelter for the Saturn V rocket and give it the equivalent of a "blow dry" in the first steps to preserve the relic of NASA's golden age, said Allan Needell, Apollo program curator for the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.
The 363-foot-long behemoth has lain on its side in front of JSC since 1977, a favorite sight of tourists, but also a victim of the elements.
Instead of launching astronauts to the moon as it was built to do, it has become a slowly fading hulk of peeling paint and corroded metal where birds live and plants sprout, Needell said on Wednesday during a visit to the rocket.
"There's a lot of biology growing on there," he said, pointing out streaks of algae staining the rocket's white skin."
Who talks like that anymore? I mean really. Nobody says, nice engine, there's a lot of friction going on in there".
Hmmm.
Did anybody else read that as 'Moon Scrubbed and Blown Dry'? :P
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
--Aristotle
Very 'cleaver'? Seems you need a dictionary, too.
Just because a comment is newer than another, that doesn't mean it was read first. Sometimes I have to wait to post a comment. Like _I'm_ going to 'rip off' an _AC_?! Please.
Reutersis is reporting that a giant Apollo moon rocket...
For a while I thought that Reuter got a sister I don't know about...
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