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Moon Rocket Scrubbed and Blown Dry

Posted by Hemos on from the preseving-our-past dept.

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."

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  1. My goodness.... by Mz6 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "There's a lot of biology growing on there"

    Who talks like that anymore? I mean really. Nobody says, nice engine, there's a lot of friction going on in there".

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  2. DOMKORE PUBLISHES FIRST META-TROLL. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In the first of a series of reflective and analytical meta-trolls (trolls on the subject of trolling) we examine parallels between the Slashdot Troll and the Urban Grafitii Artist. You have been owned by another DomKore Early Post special.

    Just as the majority of Slashdot readers may be able to see no merit whatsoever it obvious troll postings, many of the urban middle class regard grafitii as pointless acts of vandalism. This viewpoint, clearly not reconciled with that of the 'artists' themselves arrises from nothing more sinister than a conflict of priorities. Police have their time wasted in the constant battle against grafitii vandalism -- their cynical view of the art and critical view of the artists arises mainly from the fact that it is their job to oppose them; similarly the middle class commuter who sees the apparent disregard for the city which their taxes have gone to pay for. Things look entirely different from the artists point of view who is in general more concerned with their own desire for self expression than they are with pissing off parents and police.

    So perhaps there should be some compassion in recognising the different motives of the artist, and the same compassion could be shown to Trolls here on Slashdot. Please Consider the following for all you (readers and editors) who oppose trolling.

    • Why do you moderate trolls down? If its in order to get more mod points more quickly via good meta-mod then surely you must recognise the cyclic absurdidty of this position, both getting the points, and using them only in a way to please other people.
    • If trolls really offend you, why? Often trolls get to the bottom of the issue in a way that can bit shocking, inflamatory, funny, or just wired. Often the truth exposed by trolls is a difficult one to deal with and goes against the grain of traditional slashdot thinking.
    • Dont judge all trolls by the actions of one. The GNAA's repeated dull advertisemnts or links to lastmeasure are to trolling what people who 'tag' theit name everywhere are to Urban Art; mere weak imitators who generate enough nuisance and publicity.
    • Do you have no fucking sense of humour? Don't they even make you laugh, you sad git?

    Thankyou, and Have a Nice Day [tm].

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  3. Anyone else read... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    blow job?

    No? Well I did, and my first thought was "that must be one helluva mouth.."

  4. Heh by Mitchell+Mebane · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did anybody else read that as 'Moon Scrubbed and Blown Dry'? :P

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  5. Re:hrm... by Tumbleweed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

  6. Reutersis? by sharkdba · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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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