Lunar Used Spacecraft Lot Comments and Reviews

Lunar Used Spacecraft Lot

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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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