See the 9/11 ‘Interplanetary Memorial’ NASA Sent to Mars Using Ground Zero Debris
- Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:50am by
Liz Klimas
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Two shields made from remnants of the Twin Towers protect cables on two NASA rovers on Mars and serve as an interplanetary memorial to the events of 9/11.
According to the International Business Times, the rovers were outfitted with these aluminum shields — each with an American flag — to protect cables on the rovers, and were sent to the Red Planet in 2003, landing in 2004:
The tributes were made possible by Stephen Gorevan, the founder and chairman of Honeybee Robotics, which was based less than a mile away from the World Trade Center at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Through Gorevan’s contacts, the team was able to acquire pieces of aluminum from the World Trade Center site on Dec. 1, 2011. The fragments came with a note from former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s office reading, “Here is debris from Tower 1 and Tower 2.”
The rovers, which scientists say should be able to last on the dry planet for millions of years, aren’t the only NASA tribute to 9/11, there were astronauts up there at the time who caught a rare view of the day’s events.
Space.com has more:
The United States had one citizen off-planet on Sept. 11, 2001 — NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson, who was commanding the International Space Station at the time.
Culbertson had a bird’s-eye view as the terror attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center went down.
“I didn’t know exactly what was happening, but I knew it was really bad, because there was a big cloud of debris covering Manhattan,” Culbertson recalled in a NASA video marking the 9/11 anniversary. “It was like seeing a wound in the side of your country, of your family, your friends.”
A view of smoke rising from the World Trade Center on 9/11 from space. (Photo: NASA)
After 9/11, NASA scientists and its satellites helped find aerial contaminants near Ground Zero. Endeavor, which was launched later in 2011 as the first shuttle after 9/11, carried nearly 6,000 tiny American flags into space.
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Brents Torts
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 11:46pmI think it was a nice gesture.
Report Post »Ratcraft
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 3:24pmHow stupid. I am 911ed out. I was 9 1/2 years ago. The 1st reponders, fdny nypd……enough already. They make cions plates ships and all kinds of stuid trinkets out of the rubble, enough is enough. They have all but forgotten Dec.7th and June 6th, why can’t this pass as well.
Report Post »BobtheMoronsp
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:00amWhile I agree we’ve had enough of maudlin rememberances and gestures we can never forget who did this to us.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:03pmIts bright spots like this, such as this grand gesture from a NASA mission that gives me hope for NASA’s future and the future of this country in 2013 once the new GOP President is sworn in and within days through Executive Orders immediately dismantles the Obama agenda and then begins to heal and strengthen this country again.
Report Post »anotherGlen
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 11:27pmObama said that NASA was to do an outreach program to Islam. Well, I guess that sending a piece of their 911 handy work to Mars was the first step. In a few years, we can send some debris from the nuclear explosion caused by Iran. That is, if the space program is still in existence.
Report Post »HowardRoark
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 12:36pmGreat way to dispose of forensic evidence.
Report Post »duhwut
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 1:47pmYou already said that.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 12:29pmMars, the planet of war.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 12:09pmEmblazoned on the sides: “Attention Inhabitants of the Universe: Please stay away from Earth until we deal with the crazy, bloodthirsty, homicidal, suicidal, women-hating, hygene-impared portion of our race dedicated to a death-cult called Islam. Also, we have managed to elect a President who has dismantled our space program. We will notify you when we have corrected these issues. Be well. Signed, Free People of the United States.”
Report Post »pschlentz
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 4:03pm@TH30PH1LUS:
Report Post »I’m with you Brother, what T F is going on in our Country???
These Progressives have been planning this for a very long time.
It’s amazing how they cannot tell the American People what they are doing because they would resoundly stop it. Those SOB’s!!
Can’t stand the deception and the lies.
Hold on to your guns, God and the Glory of America!!
M100Spiral
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 5:47amI am also displeased with the loss of our Space Program. I am hoping, as soon as he is out of his presidency, that we will find a way to restore the program to a functional percentage that we can afford!
Report Post »standuppeople
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 11:31amA remnant of an evil act transfigured into a symbol of modernism.
Report Post »Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 11:14amStupid!
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 12:42pmTook the word right out of my mouth!
Report Post »How much did that act of stupidity cost?
Chris
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 9:35pmThe rovers were going to have aluminum cable shields anyway, they just used aluminum for the twin towers
Report Post »Muddog
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 10:23amCompletely on a side note, how did the typo’s in this article get past the editor? There seems to be quite a few. Anyone else notice them?
Report Post »sarahtar
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 1:04pmlike “typo’s”?
Report Post »Muddog
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 3:47pmExactly! LOL, but you see, I am not a writer or an editor posting an article on a news site. Nor do I get paid to write. I did still understand the meaning of what the author wrote, but a site I know and love and wish to see be a complete success should have a bit more diligence in proofreading to be as credible and respected as it should be.
Report Post »M100Spiral
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 5:36amDuring the first month of reading articles on The Blaze, I noticed a lot of typos, as well as mistakes in grammar. Now, I do not notice them as much. Eventually, you will learn to read pass the mistakes as well without noticing them.
Report Post »Ratcraft
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 3:26pmWhod cares……. does it mater if wurds are misspelleded?
Report Post »felix
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 10:04amshould of sent a muslim to mars
Report Post »Gary Fishaholic
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 10:12amWhy not I’m with you on that one! Or better yet all of them.
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