Astronomy Picture of the Day - Lunar Dust and Duct Tape

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 29 May, 2021 | Image Credit: Apollo 17, NASA

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: Why is the Moon so dusty? On Earth, rocks are weathered by wind and water, creating soil and sand. On the Moon, the history of constant micrometeorite bombardment has blasted away at the rocky surface creating a layer of powdery lunar soil or regolith. For the Apollo astronauts and their equipment, the pervasive, fine, gritty dust was definitely a problem. On the lunar surface in December 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan needed to repair one of their rover's fenders in an effort to keep the rooster tails of dust away from themselves and their gear. This picture reveals the wheel and fender of their dust covered rover along with the ingenious application of spare maps, clamps, and a grey strip of "duct tape".

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[MtnClimber]

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Catching up, missed this yesterday.

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[algore]

I must be missing the tire tracks, looks like it was dropped there with a crane

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[TigersEye]

Red Green would approve of this thread! :)

[Rurudyne]

They should have used Car Tape: the best tape for fixing your car.

[null and void]

Duct tape, don’t leave Earth without it!

(and some WD-40!)

[Paleo Pete]

Same here. I see what looks like footprints, to the side of the tire, but no tire prints.

What tha?

[Don W]

When you’re scuffing around in very fine dust, tire tracks disappear pretty darn quick.

[algore]

I see lots of clear bootprints

[MtnClimber]

I hate when I have to do that with my car!!!

[Don W]

As I said, the scuffing around in boots obliterated the tire marks, bit since the boots were the last thing there, those tracks will remain.

[DoodleBob]

The C02 scrubber saga from Apollo 13 is one of the all-time greatest examples of American ingenuity, resourcefulness, and determination.

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[21twelve]

I read where the Smithsonian has raised almost $800,000 to restore Neil Armstrong’s moon suit. I wonder what that is in 1970’s dollars and what that might have been bought back then for the space program?

$800k to fix his suit. That’s a lot of duct tape!

[MtnClimber]

I would give them ten rolls of Duct Tape for half that price!

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That lower picture seems to be an enhanced, horizontal flip of AS13-62-8929.

The guys sure were great with tape!

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"Yes, you're right, kids. No astronaut has yet been to Mars.
Democrat Congresswoman Lee doesn't know what she's talking about."

On a visit to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2005, Jackson Lee made embarrassing news by asking if the Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong.[2]

Prior to the 110th Congress, Jackson Lee served on the House Science Committee and on the Subcommittee that oversees space policy and NASA.

http://web.archive.org/web/20100409095818/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee