Posted on 01/30/2013 4:32:11 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: What would it be like to drive on the Moon? You don't have to guess -- humans have actually done it. Pictured above, Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke recorded video during one such drive in 1972, with a digital version now available on the web. No matter which direction it headed, the Lunar Rover traveled a path literally covered with rocks and craters. The first half of the above video shows the rover zipping about a moonscape near 10 kilometers per hour, while the second half shows a dash-cam like view. The Lunar Rover was deployed on the later Apollo missions as a way for astronauts to reach and explore terrain further from the Lunar Module basecamp than was possible by walking in cumbersome spacesuits. Possible future lunar missions that might deploy robotic rovers capable of beaming back similar videos include those by China, Russia, India, and Google X-Prize contestants.
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[Video Credit: NASA]
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In this case, I think the word “amazing” is literally appropriate.
Western civilization accomplishes these incredible things and Islam’s latest contribution to the world is a new fangled finger chopper.
Ping for later viewing! WOW!
Ping for later viewing! WOW!
Ping for later viewing! WOW!
Ping for later viewing! WOW!
Amazing what this country *could* do... 40 years ago. Now, we don’t even have a manned space program. Sad.
Just the right vehicle to go to that New Restaurant that has opened on the Moon.
Great Food,
No Atmosphere.
wonder why we don’t have dozens of robotic rovers roaming all over the moon.
Obviously we need to raise the lunar gas tax to build better infrastructure there. < /s>
But what a great video. From back when we actually had a national will that would raise us to new heights.
OMGosh! I love the peel-outs, the brodies, and the mad driving! Reminds me of my misspent youth.
The close horizon is an interesting “can’t get my brain to understand” treat as well.
Thank you, Mr. Civilizations, for all the posts and pings.
I read somewhere, maybe “The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal”, that the Lunar Rover were designed for unmanned operation. It never was put into practice because the systems needed for radio control was scrapped as being cost prohibitive. Still, the rover was a marvel of engineering.
Thanks!
We’ll be going back to the Moon.
And the piddly little programs that start us back down that road will, of course, be attributed to the Kenyan.
Apollo 16 -- Orion at Descartes -- An Orbiter Film by Timm Humphreys
That is a sad fact.
The only Moon Achievement attributable to the Kenyan is his ability to turn Academia, the media, and many seemingly reasonable humans into Full-Blown Lunatics.
BTTT
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