On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:14:02AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > Tom Cakalic wrote: > > >http://www.space.com/12707-earth-photo-moon-nasa-lunar-orbiter-1-anniversary.html/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=SP_08252011_1 > > They have one of those beasts on display at the George Eastman House > in Rochester. Truly impressive piece of kit!
In the article quoted above, reference is made to a precursor to that system, although Kodak partner there is said to be Boeing, rather than Lockheed (Kodak's co-developer of the "Keyhole" satellite spy cameras). I've seen one of those on one of the last (and extremely rare) open days at the Onizuka Air Force Station (a.k.a. "The Blue Cube") in Sunnyvale. That system had a rather simpler way of getting the images back to earth (though one that was not available to a lunar mission) - the exposed film was ejected from the satellite and parachuted back to earth. It was then captured in mid-air by a specially modified C130. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
