Recent content by modelrocketman

Agreed but I think the design parameters were to explore our Solar System and that was it. They weren't expected to last!! It was decided to keep going as ground stations got better. I read in aviation journals there was a time when the younger controllers stepping in didn't know the...

There was an ascent video from an L.M. that clearly shows the U.S. Flag being blown over from the rocket thrust of the ascending lunar module. I don't know if it was from Apollo 11 but thought it was from a later flight. Obviously blown over on ascent. Even when I was a kid and watched the...

Dang, Launch scrubbed this A.M. Well stuff happens and best to stand down until the problem is sorted out and solved.

As I recall I've read they do sometimes send up fresh food to be enjoyed quickly? Maybe something spoiled on ascent for some reason or another or as another said, maybe a pressurized can of something was compromised and ejected some contents. "I'm sure they could have recognized the smell of...