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scum’s point of view, the (restoration
of the) craft is a long ways down our
priority list.
“It would not be the first thing I’d
put my money into.’’
Max Ary, executive director of the
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Cen
ter in Hutchinson, Kan., said that if
the craft remains outside much longer
it could “literally turn to dust’’ as the
deterioration of the special metals used
to build the spacecraft continues.
The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space
Center is internationally known for
being the primary expert in space ar
tifact restoration and finding valuable
artifacts, Ary said. The center special
izes in spacecrafts and space suits.
Ary said the craft has suffered from
lack of respect as well as lack of
protection.
“It is not given the dignity it de
serves,’ ’ he said. “It’s like owning the
Mona Lisa and hanging it in the bath
room.”
The university currently owns the
spacecraft, Ary said, but also has the
responsibility of maintaining a na
tional treasure.
Gcnoways said the capsule was
donated after two men on the museum
staff 18 years ago wrote to NASA and
asked if the university could obtain a
space artifact.
Apollo 009 was an unmanned space
craft launched on Feb. 26, 1966, in a
sub-orbital test to determine the relia
bility of the capsule and the heat
shield to further manned flights.
Ary said UNL obtained the craft at
i ...
an unusual period when NASA had no
room to keep il and the Smithsonian
wasn’t responsible for all space arti
facts as it is today.
“NASA wasn’t in the artifact busi
ness, but in the space business,”
Ubnoways said. Now NASA is con
cerned abput Apollo 009 and other
such artifacts and has expressed its
concern to the the Kansas Cosmosphcre
&nd Space Center and to the Smith
sonian, he said.
Derek Elliot, curator of manned
space flight at the National Air and
Space Museum at the Smithsonian,
said the museum turned NASA down
when il offered the Apollo 009 cap
sule to them 18 years ago.
He said that since the Kansas Cos
mosphere and Space Center is taking
an interest in the capsule, the Smith
sonian will not try to obtain it.
The center learned about the con
dition of Apollo 009 about three years
ago when Ary was in the area doing
research and saw the craft. Officials
from the center researched the cap
sule while estimating the cost of res
toration.
Ary said the capsule has not been
maintained in its original condition.
Historical evidence may have been
lost when bum marks from the cap
sule’s re-entry into the earth’s atmos
phere were painted over, he said.
Genoway^ said the painting was
done in the early 1970s, probably as a
protective measure.
Craig Cleaver, president of Ne
braskans for the Advancement of Space
Development, said history also has
been distorted by the nose cone that
was placed on the top of the space
craft. The nose cone is4 ‘not part of it,
----—I
never was and is nothing like what
should be on there,” he said.
Genoways said the nose cone was
added before he was director but proba
bly was to protect the top of the craft
where special docking mechanisms
are located.
Herb Howe, associate to the UNL
chancellor, said the unprotected space
craft should be able to withstand the
elements since it was designed for
space travel.
But Mandy Young, loan coordina
tor for the department of space history
at the Smithsonian Institute in Wash
ington, said the craft was designed for
an atmosphere of weightlessness, and
was not intended to be outside and
unprotected. The spacecraft definitely
should not be outside, she said.
Ary agreed, saying ‘‘in space there’s
no moisture, which is one of the key
problems of deterioration.”
Cleaver started a campaign two
months ago to enforce the purpose of
the space capsule - to ‘‘educate the
public while preserving history.”
The NASD presented a petition to
Martin Massengale, UNL chancellor
and NU interim president, stating that
the citizens of Nebraska were con
cerned with the condition of Apollo
009. The petition encouraged UNL to
take care of the capsule or find an
other option.
‘‘It’s high time they did some
thing,” Cleaver said.
The petition had more than 100
signatures and included a letter from
Cleaver.
But, Cleaver said, university offi
cials say they have no funds for resto
ration.
Howe said nc understood the rea
soning of NASD but “the bottom line
is where’s the money going to come
from.”
Ary said the Kansas Cosmospherc
and Space Center was approached by
the university two or three years ago
to give a cost estimate on restoration.
The minimal cost to fully restore the
Apollo 009 to its original condition
would be $200,000, he said.
The center submitted a proposal to
the university this summer stating that
it would take the spacecraft from UNI .
permanently and would restore it
through backing from a museum or
foreign country that would display the
craft in an exchange program.
In return, the university would be
given valuable space artifacts for indoor
display, Ary said.
The center was told that the un i ver
sity would not give the Apollo cratt
up, Ary said. But, he said, negotia
tions with UNL officials were never
completely finished.
The trade is “still a workable op
tion a year or two down the line,” he
said.
Genoways said he told Masscngalc
of the proposal.
“The administrators decided that
the craft was too valuable to ex
change,” he said.
carpenter saia a proposal was pui
together several years ago that would
have protected the spacecraft from
deterioration. In 1987, the base of the
capsule was replaced and a plan to
enclose the space capsule in Plexiglas
was announced.
He said he had several ideas for
building a structure that would pro
vide access and protection once Apollo
was restored, such as a Plexiglas shel
ter.
Genoways said drawingsofa.struc
ture to protect Apollo exist, but the
plans were not completed because
financing didn’t come through.
Howe said he wasn’t sure how the
structure would be protected, although
he said some kind of enclosure proba
bly would be built around the space
craft.
Ary sard he wasn’t sure UNL offi
cials realized what it would take to
restore the spacecraft.
Because of the damaging effects ol
changes in temperature and humidity ,
officials would need to install air
conditioning, heating and dehumidi
fying systems as well as cover the
craft. But even that could never seal
out moisture totally.
Louis Parker, spokesman for NASA
at the Manned Spacecraft Center in
Houston, said the space capsule should
be a permanent fixture in a museum.
If Apollo was a program piece in a
museum, Parker said, the center would
be willing to provide support material
to go with the exhibit. That way, the
Kansas center could restore the cap
sule to a state of educational value,
Cleaver said.
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