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Topic: Hasselblad lunar camera testing in vacuum
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Apolloman Member Posts: 148 From: Ledignan, Gard (30), France Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 11-28-2018 02:34 PM
I would have liked to know if the Hasselblad 500 EL Lunar Data Camera was tested in the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory (SESL) to take pictures in "lunar conditions" to see how the camera and its film would react? Is there a document, PDF, photos? |
Jim Behling Member Posts: 1463 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 11-29-2018 09:22 AM
They would have been tested in smaller chambers. No sense in spending the money to operate a large fixture for a small object. |
Apolloman Member Posts: 148 From: Ledignan, Gard (30), France Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 11-29-2018 11:40 AM
Sorry but that's not the subject (but maybe I'm bad at expressing myself). I would like to know if there is a written, photographic record of these vacuum tests. |
p51 Member Posts: 1642 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 11-29-2018 01:37 PM
There might be some info in "Photography Equipment and Techniques: A Survey of NASA Developments" by Albert J Derr. |
Apolloman Member Posts: 148 From: Ledignan, Gard (30), France Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 12-01-2018 02:02 AM
Thank you but this document tells me only the specifications/constraints that the Hasselblad must resist, requested by NASA. No note of how acceptance tests are performed for these cameras.Which lab? At the manufacturer? |
Jim Behling Member Posts: 1463 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 12-01-2018 07:17 AM
quote: Originally posted by Apolloman: Sorry but that's not the subject (but maybe I'm bad at expressing myself).
You asked specifically if they were tested in the SESL. |
Apolloman Member Posts: 148 From: Ledignan, Gard (30), France Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 12-01-2018 08:47 AM
Yes (but I also write: "but maybe I'm bad at expressing myself")... I'm French. In short, I'm sorry for misleading you!If not, is there then a study on acceptance tests for Hasselblad cameras? I do not think NASA sent them as in space and on the moon without going through a rigorous test battery. And it's these results that I'm looking for. Like kind "NASA Apollo experience reports." |
Apolloman Member Posts: 148 From: Ledignan, Gard (30), France Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 01-17-2019 10:47 AM
Nobody has any answer? |