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Re:F-1 Engine Recovery by wildwood on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @04:24PM (#5410000)
Artifacts from mankind's first expedition to the moon are "junk"? Isn't recovering them meaningful, to help us understand what happened more fully, and by extension to help support interest in space exploration?

I suspect that there are a lot of people who disagree with you about the social value of what they're doing. Judging from the coverage that this is getting.

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Re:F-1 Engine Recovery by robomartin on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @05:31PM (#5410497)
Have you been to the Smithsonian? I have. More than once. It's all there. Yes, this stuff is junk. It will inspire no one to do anything. Don't believe me? Take a bunch of kids to the Air and Space Museum and have them choose between looking at one of the many rocket engines and going in a flight simulator or one of the other exhibits, their choice. Whatch how long they spend in front of the engine vs the other exhibits.

Look, I love this stuff. I am the guy spending thirty minutes looking at the amazing mechanical engineering at these exhibits. At the same time I recognize this is not what inspires youngsters.

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