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The 'impossible' search is on for Apollo 10's 'Snoopy'
MSNBC ^ | 19 September 2011 | Mark Thompson

Posted on 09/22/2011 12:58:40 AM PDT by buccaneer81

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To: buccaneer81

That would be quite a find. Occasionally the spent S-IVB stage from Apollo 12 shows up (denoted as object J002E3). It was supposed to be sent into a solar orbit but a slightly longer than planned ullage burn depleted the propellant left to send it on its way, so it was retained in a highly elliptical, unstable orbit around the Earth, looping far out beyond the moon. It is believed to have left Earth orbit and is now orbiting the Sun as originally planned, but it may be re-captured by the Earth’s gravity as some future time.


21 posted on 09/22/2011 10:33:03 AM PDT by chimera
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To: ASA Vet

I searched. Don’t blame me.


22 posted on 09/22/2011 11:19:42 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Steely Tom

Those are clearly projector displays.


23 posted on 09/22/2011 11:52:52 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Are you better off now than you were four trillion dollars ago?)
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To: buccaneer81

Wasn’t placing any blame. Just posted it so folks could read the comments on that thread too.


24 posted on 09/22/2011 1:23:15 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. De Vattel)
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Gotcha.


25 posted on 09/22/2011 1:37:29 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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