[Milsurplus] The Importance of Unmodified Artifacts

[Albert LaFrance]

Also illustrating the importance of keeping the preserved items documented and accessible.

Albert LaFrance

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From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: "Milsurplus Radios" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>; <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 1:53 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] The Importance of Unmodified Artifacts


> I recommend the following story from nasa.gov.
> It will give you perspective on how important it can be to
> preserve unmodified historic artifacts, such as the equipment
> we preserve.
> One would have thought that all the engineering records for
> something as monumental as mankind's trips to the Moon
> would not be discarded out of hand, but some of them were.
> In preparing for our return to the Moon, engineers needed
> to know how their predecessors had designed an important system.
> They found that few records remained.  Had someone not preserved
> the very last intact example of this system, they would have had
> to start from scratch.  Makes interesting reading:
> 
> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/orion/umbilical_inspection.html
> 
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