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And those Apollo missions - snails, all of them

LJK — 1/16/2006 4:04:36 PM (archived)

They took 3 DAYS to go from Earth to the Moon!

Must have been that primitive 1960s space technology - those room-size
computers probably slowed them down.

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From the Earth past the moon in 9 hours - Larry J - 1/14/2006 1:08:41 AM
- It's a good time to have NASA TV... :) (n/t) - et - 1/14/2006 11:31:12 PM
- Makes Stardust look pedestrian - Doug Ellison - 1/14/2006 8:28:01 PM
  - And those Apollo missions - snails, all of them - LJK - 1/16/2006 4:04:36 PM
    - The Pluto mission definitely isn't a Hoffman Minimum Energy transfer - Larry J - 1/16/2006 9:52:33 PM
  - Spacecraft coming and going - Buck Galaxy - 1/14/2006 10:50:51 PM
  - Yeah, and Stardust is going downhill! - Larry J - 1/14/2006 9:15:53 PM
    - re: Stardust enters Earth's atmosphere at 46,440 kilometers per hour (28,860 miles per hour)... - Chris Vancil - 1/14/2006 10:45:15 PM
- re: Thank you, Larry J. :) - Marcia - 1/14/2006 2:15:40 AM
  - re: Thank you, Larry J. :) - Marcia - 1/14/2006 3:23:26 AM
    - Risky fly-by - Adam - 1/16/2006 12:53:09 AM
      - re: Risky fly-by - Marcia - 1/16/2006 2:55:14 AM

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