WIRED SCIENCE | Space Junkyard | PBS
Duration: 01:18
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Program: Wired Science #109
Ever wonder where spaceships go to die? Special correspondent Adam Rogers visits a Southern California scrapyard to the find the place where the remnants of the Apollo missions were laid to rest.
It's where rocket engineers come to piece back together 60's technology and relearn the scientific secrets behind getting a man on the moon.
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Topics:
- History: Modern
- News & Public Affairs: Science & Technology
- Science & Nature
- Science & Nature: Astronomy
- Technology
- Technology: Space
Post Date: December 12, 2007
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