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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:18 am ]
Post subject:  Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9728289/Apollo-17-commander-left-camera-on-moon-40-years-ago.html

Quote:
The last man to walk on the moon has revealed how he left his camera behind on the lunar surface 40 years ago, only to find that no one went back to collect it for him.

Good job it was not a library book.
Author:  timark_uk [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:06 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
"Wouldn’t it have been better to take the camera with me, get the shot, take the film pack off and then (for weight restrictions) throw the camera away?"

I can understand his position, but I'm going to say 'no'.
Can we please try and stop leaving litter everywhere we go?

Mark
Author:  HeatherKay [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
In the grand scheme of things, a discarded camera on the Moon is nothing compared to the rest of the clutter they left up there. :lol:
Author:  ProfessorF [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
However, in that case, it was an experiment rather than simply littering. The other 11 Hasselblad bodies left up there are another story...
Author:  paulzolo [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
I hope they get it back. Maybe some aliens took some prank photos with it.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 2:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
paulzolo wrote:
I hope they get it back. Maybe some aliens took some prank photos with it.

Like this?

Image
Author:  timark_uk [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
HeatherKay wrote:
In the grand scheme of things, a discarded camera on the Moon is nothing compared to the rest of the clutter they left up there. :lol:
I quite agree, but that's the Moon and Mars and how many others?
Not to mention a certain golf ball or two that's floating around there somewhere.
ProfessorF wrote:
However, in that case, it was an experiment rather than simply littering. The other 11 Hasselblad bodies left up there are another story...
This is why I objected to the now lameted taking of the photo.
At least this way it's there for a reason.

Mark
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Dec 13, 2012 2:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
timark_uk wrote:
HeatherKay wrote:
In the grand scheme of things, a discarded camera on the Moon is nothing compared to the rest of the clutter they left up there. :lol:
I quite agree, but that's the Moon and Mars and how many others?
Not to mention a certain golf ball or two that's floating around there somewhere.

You also forgot the abandoned car/rover. 8-)
Author:  jonbwfc [ Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
The important point is, of course, not the camera. It's that in the intervening 40 years we've not managed to leave this dustball in any significant way whatsoever.
Author:  timark_uk [ Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
Amnesia10 wrote:
timark_uk wrote:
HeatherKay wrote:
In the grand scheme of things, a discarded camera on the Moon is nothing compared to the rest of the clutter they left up there. :lol:
I quite agree, but that's the Moon and Mars and how many others?
Not to mention a certain golf ball or two that's floating around there somewhere.
You also forgot the abandoned car/rover. 8-)
No I didn't, I just didn't mention them.
Just like I never forgot about the part of the moon lander that was left behind.
And I was also mindful of all the thousands of bits of debris that's in orbit about the Earth.
It seems the human race just can't help but leave a trail of rubbish behind it.

Mark
Author:  HeatherKay [ Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:01 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
timark_uk wrote:
It seems the human race just can't help but leave a trail of rubbish behind it.


If we didn't do that, we'd never be able to find out about our past. :)
Author:  timark_uk [ Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
HeatherKay wrote:
timark_uk wrote:
It seems the human race just can't help but leave a trail of rubbish behind it.
If we didn't do that, we'd never be able to find out about our past. :)
In 100 years' time, someone with a metal detector is going to come across a little thin silver disc, with crushed edges and a hole in the middle of it and they'll probably post a picture of it to a forum like this asking what on Earth it might be.
Pages of discussion later, someone with a little bit of knowledge will say "it's a milk bottle top".

Mark
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
timark_uk wrote:
HeatherKay wrote:
timark_uk wrote:
It seems the human race just can't help but leave a trail of rubbish behind it.
If we didn't do that, we'd never be able to find out about our past. :)
In 100 years' time, someone with a metal detector is going to come across a little thin silver disc, with crushed edges and a hole in the middle of it and they'll probably post a picture of it to a forum like this asking what on Earth it might be.
Pages of discussion later, someone with a little bit of knowledge will say "it's a milk bottle top".

Mark

Bratty's descendants?
Author:  John_Vella [ Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Re: Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
Amnesia10 wrote:
timark_uk wrote:
HeatherKay wrote:
[quote="timark_uk"]It seems the human race just can't help but leave a trail of rubbish behind it.
If we didn't do that, we'd never be able to find out about our past. :)
In 100 years' time, someone with a metal detector is going to come across a little thin silver disc, with crushed edges and a hole in the middle of it and they'll probably post a picture of it to a forum like this asking what on Earth it might be.
Pages of discussion later, someone with a little bit of knowledge will say "it's a milk bottle top".

Mark

Bratty's descendants?[/quote]
Holy crap that's a scary thought! :lol:

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Author:  paulzolo [ Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Re: Apollo 17 commander left camera on moon 40 years ago
John_Vella wrote:
Bratty's descendants?

Holy crap that's a scary thought! :lol:

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Given his success with the ladies, I’d say that this is unlikely. You can rest easy.

An interesting snippet of info for you - in the 100 years after your death, no one will know who you are. Not even your descendants. There may be a small paper trail - birth, marriage, death, census, but your work, your day to day life, will all be gone. More so now given that we store and record so much of our lives electronically.

All those 265 photo projects. Gone. All those posts on Facebook and Twitter, which could be a minefield of information. Gone. Your emails. Gone. YouTube videos. Gone. Self-hosted blogs. Gone.

A bit of metal on the moon will outlive you, and will give some kind of indication about life in the 1960s.
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