What a weekend!

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu May 4 06:35:40 2000

John,

At 11:19 PM 5/3/00 -0400, you wrote:
>On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 09:15:03PM -0400, allisonp wrote:
>> >> > Even got parts from a lunar lander...
>> >> What? Name 'em!
>> >
>> > Part of the RADAR altimeter and a spare hatch.
>>
>> Parts of the flight computer would be a catch! Even those of the
>> Shuttle.
>
>Forgive my ignorance, I was just a kid at the time, but weren't the
>lunar landers abandoned to crash-land on the moon after the trip was
>over?

   Yes, you're right.

So is this stuff from prototypes or am I missing something?

   These were spares. FWIW even the stuff that cames back to earth in the
capsules is very seldom available. It is usually cut apart for testing or
put in a museum somewhere.

   Joe
>
>John Wilson
>D Bit
>
Received on Thu May 04 2000 - 06:35:40 BST