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Ranger 12? A 1964 Proposal to Extend the Ranger Lunar Program

The early 1960s Ranger series of robot lunar explorers suffered more than its share of problems, but eventually NASA worked the bugs out and flew three successful missions. Some believed that NASA should keep Ranger in reserve - for example, to aid accident investigators if an Apollo mission crashed. Space historian David S. F. Portree looks at Rangers that flew but failed and Rangers that might have been. ...

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Published By: Wired - Sunday, 29 April, 2012