willie_901
Veteran
@ raydm6
I sincerely appreciate the links in your post about the Apollo TV cameras. I did not know Westinghouse won the contract for the Apollo lunar TV cameras.
In 1967 I spent the summer pumping gas at a Mobil station in Mercerville NJ. Every Friday around sunset a gentleman with an European accent would come in for a refill. He was friendly and we always spoke while I serviced his car. One evening he mention he was tired from a week of long work days. That started a conversation where he revealed he worked at the RCA Astro-Electronics Division in nearby Heightstown, NJ. He proudly explained he was designing a TV camera for the moon missions. During the rest of the summer I would get a weekly update about how his work was going.
I wondered if his camera design made it to the moon. Now I know it did not. However, he did receive an award. (Link, see pp.23,24)
I sincerely appreciate the links in your post about the Apollo TV cameras. I did not know Westinghouse won the contract for the Apollo lunar TV cameras.
In 1967 I spent the summer pumping gas at a Mobil station in Mercerville NJ. Every Friday around sunset a gentleman with an European accent would come in for a refill. He was friendly and we always spoke while I serviced his car. One evening he mention he was tired from a week of long work days. That started a conversation where he revealed he worked at the RCA Astro-Electronics Division in nearby Heightstown, NJ. He proudly explained he was designing a TV camera for the moon missions. During the rest of the summer I would get a weekly update about how his work was going.
I wondered if his camera design made it to the moon. Now I know it did not. However, he did receive an award. (Link, see pp.23,24)
MrFujicaman
Well-known
Okay,
I can buy a Teflon based grease at Harbor Freight off the shelf that will handle -65 to 600F.
Mobil 1 motor oil will flow at -50
The lubricants weren't that big a deal.
I can buy a Teflon based grease at Harbor Freight off the shelf that will handle -65 to 600F.
Mobil 1 motor oil will flow at -50
The lubricants weren't that big a deal.
retinax
Well-known
Well, outgassing is not a severe problem in the typical applications.
But anyway lubricants certainly weren't a major problem for the Hasselblads, because a) they wouldn't reach all too extreme temperatures, b) still cameras can operate without or with very little lubricant, they will just wear much faster which didn't matter because they were disposable cameras to NASA.
The 16mm camera must have posed more lubrication problems, much more and faster movement.
willie_901
Veteran
retinax
Well-known
It says Gemini 10 lost a Hasselblad SWC in space. For a while, Earth had the moon, an SWC and just very few other satellites orbiting it. Beautiful thought. :angel:
A Hassy got away from Michael Collins when it detached from its connector, I believe. It's a bit cooler than a Tesla, isn't it?
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Don't get me wrong Keith, I wouldn't mind one, either. But the Hassy had a purpose in orbit. Sending a Tesla roadster into space that doesn't have any actual function is just so much more space junk IMHO. On Earth, I think they're much more interesting!I'd have the Tesla ... and use it to pursue the Hassy!
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
raydm6
Yay! Cameras! 🙈🙉🙊┌( ಠ_ಠ)┘ [◉"]
An amazing website!
Lots of photography, audio, and more.
Enjoy!
apolloinrealtime.org
Credits: Ben Feist - Concept, research, mission data restoration, audio restoration, video, software architecture and programming.
Follow @BenFeist for updates.
Lots of photography, audio, and more.
Enjoy!
Apollo 11 in Real Time
A real-time interactive journey through the first landing on the Moon. Relive every moment as it occurred in 1969.
apolloinrealtime.org
Follow @BenFeist for updates.
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plummerl
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Thanks for the link! An absolutely great web site!An amazing website!
Lots of photography, audio, and more.
Enjoy!
Credits: Ben Feist - Concept, research, mission data restoration, audio restoration, video, software architecture and programming.Apollo 11 in Real Time
A real-time interactive journey through the first landing on the Moon. Relive every moment as it occurred in 1969.
Follow @BenFeist for updates.