[HN Gopher] Finding Gene Cernan's Missing Moon Camera
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Finding Gene Cernan's Missing Moon Camera
Author : theodorespeaks
Score : 51 points
Date : 2025-12-02 23:59 UTC (3 days ago)
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| rolandog wrote:
| What a great and interesting read. Thanks for sharing it here!
| NaOH wrote:
| (2020)
| somat wrote:
| Some of those Apollo 17 photos are especially epic, did he fall
| over? I have heard that the moon dust is electrostaticly charged
| and sticks to everything, but it is all over him, and those
| selfies. He looks terrible, exactly like I would expect someone
| to look with 12 days, no shower, in a vehicle the size of a cargo
| van with 2 other dudes, after grubbing around in electrostatic
| dust. Salutes
| kencausey wrote:
| My understanding is that there is a lot of very fine lunar dust
| and in the lower gravity even a small amount of static
| electricity on you means that you are quickly covered in the
| dust.
| harywilke wrote:
| "About Cole Rise
|
| Cole Rise is a photographer, entrepreneur, pilot, and space
| camera maker. He's the designer of the original Instagram icon
| and filters and has shot for brands and tourism boards around the
| world. Obsessed with space and the cameras we sent to the moon,
| Cole has spent the last six years building a custom workshop for
| rebuilding the cameras that traveled with us on our greatest
| journeys, from Mercury to the Shuttle, using many of the same
| tools and materials available in those time periods."
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