Apollo 11 Engines Found

KevO · March 30, 2012

I hope they can recover them, they're 14,000ft down:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/03/apollo-11-booster-found-by-amazons-jeff-bezos/

Bezos better not keep them in some private collection though, that'd be some serious bull****. Technically, they belong to the public right? Is it finders-keepers in this situation or do they still belong to NASA?

TX Bill · March 30, 2012

Good for Bezos. Keeping his dream alive and funding this deal on his own.

I'm confident they still belong to NASA but they'll end up in a museum somewhere.

Dylan · March 30, 2012

Recommission the Glomar Explorer!!!!!

(I know it is actually in commission, but not in Cold War CIA spec......)

McBain · March 30, 2012

Finding things isn't the US's strong point is it really.

Dylan · March 30, 2012

McBain said:
Finding things isn't the US's strong point is it really.

Actually mate, we are very good at it. We just don't advertise it.

If you are up for it, read Blind Man's Bluff for a good explanation of some of the stuff we (the submarine force) did during the cold war.

Degs62 · March 30, 2012

Can find Apollo 11 engines but still can't deliver my purchases on time

KevO · March 30, 2012

Degs62 said:
Can find Apollo 11 engines but still can't deliver my purchases on time

Zing! I mostly get everything digital from them now hard to be late with that, way cheaper than iTunes too.

McBain · March 31, 2012

Dylan said:
Actually mate, we are very good at it. We just don't advertise it.

If you are up for it, read Blind Man's Bluff for a good explanation of some of the stuff we (the submarine force) did during the cold war.

Cuba Gooding Jr was the only Submariner who could find stuff and he's retired.

Apollo 11 Engines = 40 years

DB Cooper = 39 years - still looking!

Osama = 10 years!!!

Hoffa = Still Looking!

Not a great record by any stretch.

EFCNIK · March 31, 2012

DB Cooper is a real person?

I thought he was just on Prison Break!

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · March 31, 2012

In other spaceish news, If you look up tonight, nestling between the Moon, Jupiter and the other one you will see Voyager 2012* heading where no man has been before.

*otherwise known as Charlie Adams penalty.

Muggins · March 31, 2012

EFCNIK said:
DB Cooper is a real person?

I thought he was just on Prison Break!

DB Cooper parachuted out of the Aft Lift of a plane with a load of money that he demanded after claiming he had a bomb in his briefcase. No one checked like.

True story.

EFCNIK · March 31, 2012

Muggins said:
DB Cooper parachuted out of the Aft Lift of a plane with a load of money that he demanded after claiming he had a bomb in his briefcase. No one checked like.

True story.

Yeah that was the story in Prison Break. I thought it was just made up.

KevO · March 31, 2012

EFCNIK said:
Yeah that was the story in Prison Break. I thought it was just made up.

the man is a legend in my neck of the woods:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper

Dylan · March 31, 2012

McBain said:
Cuba Gooding Jr was the only Submariner who could find stuff and he's retired.

Wasn't a submariner, and believe it or not, all he did was wander around on the ocean floor

Apollo 11 Engines = 40 years

The Navy wasn't looking for them

DB Cooper = 39 years - still looking!

No one really cares

Osama = 10 years!!!

We got him though. It is hard to find someone who doesn't want to be found in a country that doesn't like people looking

Hoffa = Still Looking!

Yeah, no one is actually looking for him.

Not a great record by any stretch.

Our record is vastly superior to any other record set by any other nation.

This guy in particular http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Piña_Craven was superb at it and he found a lot more stuff than is listed in that article using math.