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NASA Learns Anew From the Apollo Program

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oldies-but-goldies dept.

solitas writes "NASA isn't just "going back to the drawing boards" to get back to the Moon, they're also going through the museums and archives so that the new engineers can rediscover/learn how it was done the first time." From the article: "Some old Apollo engineers are even being brought back on a contract basis to work with the young folks, some of whom were not even born when the Saturn V was flying lunar missions. The new manned exploration project, called Constellation, is deliberately drawing upon lessons from the past as the space agency works to meet a congressional deadline of flying the Ares rocket ... In fact, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has described the new program as 'Apollo on steroids.'"

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  1. Steroids, Hell by overshoot · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the description, it's more like "Apollo on Viagra."

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  2. Back in my day... by Kesch · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...we had to get to the moon in foot deep snow, and it was all uphill, both directions!

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  3. Why go to the Moon? by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 3, Funny
    Why should we go to the Moon with a bunch of expensive little space ships that can only bring back a few pounds of material for study?

    Why don't we just put some big rockets on the dark side and push the whole thing down here were we can get at it easily?

    We could land it where it came from in the first place - the location of Atlantis.

    Anyhow, dropping the Moon onto the Earth should would shut up a lot of whiners.

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  4. Lesson #1 by tverbeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bring duct tape. Plenty of duct tape.

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