[AR] Re: dumping LM Aquarius
- From: Keith Henson <hkeithhenson@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 23:52:14 -0700
We are getting better and better at finding stuff on the ocean floor.
Though about half has decayed by now.
Keith
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Henry Spencer <henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
> henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> (hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> (regexpguy@xxxxxxxxx)
>
>
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