maw@homxc.UUCP (09/28/87)
In article <2395@cbmvax.UUCP>, grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes: > if NASA was to go off and to recover some nice historic space or even > lunar debris, I'm sure the Smithsonian would love to put it on display. > Unfortunatly, I suspect all the well known "historic" satellites have > long since reentered. Anyone want to start a pool on the first manned > mission to geo-synchronous orbit? There is a document available from the government (published by NASA, I think) called "Satellite Situation Report" which is a list of all the objects being tracked in space. There are still some golden-oldies on the list. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | Michael A. Weinstein Someday a disclaimer will | (homxc!maw) go here. | AT&T(*)-BL: Holmdel, NJ | (201)949-7856 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * The company that brought you Telstar, the first communications satellite, which is still in orbit! (This unabashed boosterism is strictly my own doing.)