[AR] Re: dumping LM Aquarius
- From: Henry Spencer <henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 13:11:12 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 johndom@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Was Apollo 13's Pu-238 (3,9 kg) in LM Aquarius later recovered from the
> Pacific?
No. The splashdown site was chosen to put the plutonium cask into deep
ocean, where it sits to this day. (Air and water sampling confirmed that
it had remained intact through reentry.)
Henry Spencer
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