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Lunar Used Spacecraft Lot
A sales lot for used spacecraft (Read
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"Here's the current list of available spacecraft and space technology on the Moon:
Mission |
Object Description |
Condition |
Year |
Luna 2 |
Small spherical craft with sensors |
Poor (Crash-landed) |
1959 |
Ranger 4 |
5' high sensor platform w/failed solar panels |
Poor (Crash-landed) |
1962 |
Rangers 6-9 |
#6 arrived but failed; others deployed sending photos |
Poor (Crash-landed) |
1964-5 |
Luna 5,7,8 |
Sensor platforms with retro-rockets attempt soft landings |
Poor (Crash-landed) |
1965 |
Luna 9 |
Spherical sensor platform with cameras makes successful soft-landing, sends back photos |
Excellent (dead battery) |
1966 |
Surveyor 1-7 |
Sensor platform w/solar panels, soil analysis |
Excellent (#3 checked by Apollo crew 1969) |
1966-68 |
Luna 10-12 |
Satellites with MP3 capability (transmitted "Internationale") orbited moon |
Poor (Crash-landed) |
1966-68 |
Luna 13 |
Achieved soft-landing; excellent cameras, detailed soil analysis |
Excellent (battery dead) |
1966 |
Lunar Orbiter 1-5 |
Satellites w/solar panels and dish antennae, excellent cameras and 70 mm film processing |
Poor (Crash-landed) |
1966-67 |
Explorer 35 |
Satellite with sensors; switched off 1972 |
Poor (Crash-landed) |
1967 |
Apollo 10-17 |
Lunar lander descent and ascent stages; some missions left behind retroflectors for lunar ranging. |
Excellent |
1969-72 |
Apollo 15-17 |
Lunar Roving Vehicles (style: dune buggy) in good shape, low mileage |
Good |
1971-72 |
Luna 15 |
Platform-style unmanned lander intended to bring back samples |
Poor (Crash-landed) |
1969 |
Lunokhod 1 |
Robotic lunar rover with cameras teleoperated from Earth; low mileage |
Good |
1970 |
Lunokhod 2 |
Robotic lunar rover with upgrades also equipped with laser-ranging reflector |
Good |
1973 |
Luna 23,24 |
Platform-style craft left descent stages |
Good |
1974 |
Hiten/ Hagoromo |
Satellite lunar probes |
Poor (Crash-landed) |
1990 |
Lunar Prospector |
Sensor-laden craft intended to locate lunar water |
Poor (Crash-landed) |
1998 |
Smart-1 |
Satellite with unique Hall effect ion-thruster |
Poor (Crash-landed) |
2003 |
"
( 5/15/2007 5:21:57 PM ) |
"There's a very similar scene in another Heinlein novel, "The Rolling Stones", in which several members of the Stone family go to a used rocket ship lot."
(Arivne 12/10/2008 6:47:10 AM ) |
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