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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. uhh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    hello ma' bitchezzz

    i have the mod points bitchezzz reddy to be raped?

  2. Blow Dry by stratjakt · · Score: -1, Troll

    JOHNSON space center.

    RED ROCKET

    Yeah, really cute. When I post stuff like that I get modded troll.

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  3. NASA employees are next! by teamhasnoi · · Score: -1, Troll
    Think of the funding increases if they just used some deodorant!

    (No offense to NASA employees, as they have the technology to rain down nuclear fire on my house from orbit..)

  4. hrm... by bsDaemon · · Score: 0, Troll

    Step 1: Steel Saturn V
    Step 2: Steel phantom WMD from Iraq
    Step 3: Put up a tent in some desert hell hole
    Step 4: ???
    Step 5: PROFIT!!

    1. Re:hrm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Step4: Learn to spell "steal"

    2. Re:hrm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Step 0: Learn how to spell "steal"

    3. Re:hrm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      i think you meant:

      Step 3: Shoot RPG at women, children, and american soldiers in a disgusting sweaty rage whilst shouting "alah aziz jihad zsa zsa alah!!!" to your wife and 12 year old son hiding behind the fence with their thumbs on the triggers of two IEDs strapped around their waists...
      Step 4: Get taken to Guantanamo Bay
      Step 5: ????
      Step 6: ????
      Step 7: ????
      Step 8: ????
      Step 9: ????

  5. Finally something nasa engineers can do by minamar · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's taken them several years and untold billions of dollars, but finally NASA has a project they can handle. *drum roll* they can re-paint a 30yr old rocket. I'm glad my tax dollars and american pride is so well invested.

  6. Another waste of money by ElForesto · · Score: -1, Troll

    And how much do you think that rocket cost? It's a real shame to see what is likely millions of dollars having gone to waste like this.

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  7. Re:My goodness.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    there wasn't supposed to be biology growing on the Saturn either, dumbass.