Snoopy still boldy going...

[stonester1]

The Apollo 10 Lunar ascent module, to my knowledge, is the only one that didn't burn up in Earth's atmosphere. It would seem that it is still out there, in an orbit around the Sun. And some stargazing guys are looking for it.

That strikes me as something AWESOME.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4458122.../impossible-search-apollo-s-snoopy/?gt1=43001

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Weren't most of the other LM ascent stages crashed into the Moon for the benefit of the seismometers left of the surface? I think only the Apollo 9 and 13 ascent stages ended by burning up in Earth's atmosphere. I think we can discount the LM descent stage-derived solar telescope mount on Skylab. I stand willing to be corrected.

ETA: Can also add the unmanned Apollo 5 LM to the list.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/spacecraftlm.htm

 

[stonester1]

Yep, you are right. But the point still stands, the Apollo 10 module is the only one still out there, still flying about. And it had a crew in it.

Those two facts have an enchantment about it, at least for me.

Still flyin'...

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

I imagine it returns to the vicinity of the Earth-Moon system every now and then. Merely locating it is going to be an interesting exercise in itself. I guess someone with silly amounts of money to blow could devise a method of docking a small rocket with it and returning it to Earth orbit. It would be even more expensive to return it to the surface in one piece.

 

[Wanderlust]

Yep, you are right. But the point still stands, the Apollo 10 module is the only one still out there, still flying about. And it had a crew in it.

Those two facts have an enchantment about it, at least for me.

Still flyin'...

It does for me too