The Technical Record of the Apollo Program? A Space Junkyard
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What happened to the technical record of NASA's Apollo Space Program? Well... nothing. There was no record, due to the social context of a "Space Race" against USSR. Now since NASA was told to go to the moon again (the Project Constellation program), it has to look in junkyards - and on eBay - to find out how Saturn V rockets used to work.
This video is a part of a segment called "Space Junkyard" that I edited from PBS' "Wired Science" show 109, first aired in December 2007. For more info, follow these links:
Wired Science:
- http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/
"Space Junkyard" segment in episode 109:
- http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/95-space_junkyard.html
To order Wired Science episodes on DVD call: 1-800-PLAY-PBS
Or visit Wired Magazine at:
- http://www.wired.com/
FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Copyright 2007 PBS / Community Television of Southern California / WIRED Magazine. All Rights Reserved.
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Related Wikipedia links:
NASA's old Apollo Program:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Program
NASA's new Project Constellation program using Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Constellation
Saturn V rockets:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V
Wernher von Braun, the former Nazi physicist and astronautics engineer who greatly helped the USA win the "Space Race" and the "Nuclear Arms Race" ... instead of being accused of war crimes like other Nazi party members.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun
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| Yikes! ( 4 months ago by Illuminatta) |
| Yikes! |
| I knows there are ... ( 4 months ago by ZoneGrise) |
| I knows there are plans to build a privately owned space center in Las Cruces NM. So I guess someone retained the knowledge...but I think they're dealing in space shuttles not rockets. |
| lol looks like ... ( 4 months ago by zorin333) |
| lol looks like hella lot of job |
| I hope we take ... ( 3 months ago by brianbogdany) |
| I hope we take better care this time go round to preserve not just the what but the why with Shuttle and eventually Ares. 50 years from now, you never know what will have to be relearned. |
| I find it difficult ... ( 3 months ago by hellsummon) |
| I find it difficult to believe that all the knowledge gained when we sent men to the moon is a lost art that has to be relearned |
| Maybe I just don't ... ( 2 months ago by QuarksAreStrange) |
| Maybe I just don't get it, but why should Man go back to the moon? What do we have to gain from it? |
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